FAIR HAVEN, Vt. (WCAX) – It will be at least another day before students at Fair Haven Union Middle and High School can return to class after more than 500 gallons of fuel oil spilled into the school due to a break in the line.
Classes were canceled Monday and Tuesday, and a post from the school district’s superintendent on Facebook said the school will be closed Wednesday as well, because officials need to make sure the air quality in the building returns to the proper level.
Students and staff members don’t have access to learning materials and remote options went away post-pandemic.
Slate Valley Unified School District Superintendent Brooke Olsen Farrell said they’re taking things day-by-day.
“We are going to see how it goes this week. If it looks like it’s going to extend beyond this week, we are going to regroup and put a different plan in place. I think we’ll see more and more of this happening in districts across Vermont as our infrastructure continues to age,” Olsen-Farrell said.
School leaders say they’ve applied for a waiver for the missed school days through the Agency of Education so students don’t have to make them up this summer.