RNESU BRAND REFRESH: We are excited to share with you that RNESU is working on developing a unified look and feel for our schools, honoring our very important traditional logos, mascots and colors! Be on the lookout for updates and communication from your school principal!
VEGGIE VAN GO THIS FRIDAY APRIL 22: This event is the 4th Friday of each month and provides FREE fresh fruit and produce for ANYONE in the RNESU community. Come to OVUHS parking lot from 10 AM - 11 AM to get your produce! MARK YOUR CALENDAR - FUTURE FRIDAY DATES: May 27, June 24, July 22, Aug 26
VEGGIE VAN GO THIS FRIDAY APRIL 22: This event is the 4th Friday of each month and provides FREE fresh fruit and produce for ANYONE in the RNESU community. Come to OVUHS parking lot from 10 AM - 11 AM to get your produce!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR - FUTURE FRIDAY DATES: May 27, June 24, July 22, Aug 26
INPUT ON USE OF COVID FEDERAL FUNDS APRIL 26: On Tuesday, April 26th from 6 PM - 7 PM, Director of Curriculum Kristin Hubert will be hosting a virtual meeting to gather input on the potential use of federal funds within RNESU for the 2022-2023 school year.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87238186814?pwd=dUc1VVdjYXF1QmRGRUt6a1JJa2ZtZz09
OVUUSD - Please Vote!
The OVUUSD Special Budget Re-vote is April 26, 2022. Ballots are available now at your local town clerk’s office. Call your town clerk’s office to make an appointment to vote at your convenience or stop by your polling location on April 26, 2022.
Attend the virtual OVUUSD Special Informational Meeting on Monday, April 25,2022 at 6:30 PM to hear the budget presentation. To learn more about the budget re-vote, please visit www.rnesu.org.
OVUUSD - Ballots Now Available!
The OVUUSD Special Budget Re-vote is April 26, 2022. Ballots are available now at your local town clerk’s office. Call your town clerk’s office to make an appointment to vote at your convenience or stop by your polling location on April 26, 2022.
Please vote!
Vote early at your town clerk’s office or at the polls on April 26th!
Attend the virtual OVUUSD Special Informational Meeting on Monday, April 25,2022 at 6:30 PM to hear the budget presentation. To learn more about the budget re-vote, please see the articles providing details in the Reporter and the Rutland Herald.
OVUUSD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WANTED! The Otter Valley UUSD School Board has three vacancies that need to be filled. Leicester (must be a Leicester resident), Pittsford (must be a Pittsford resident), At Large (can be a resident in any Otter Valley Unified Union town: Brandon, Pittsford, Goshen, Leicester, Whiting or Sudbury). Appointees will serve for one year and may run for their seat next March in the annual election. The board meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6 PM (except for July). If interested, email Melinda Piper at mpiper@rnesu.org. There will be some questions to respond to prior to the May 4 board meeting.
WE NEED YOUR HELP! BUDGET RE-VOTE TUESDAY APRIL 26: The OVUUSD budget was defeated in March with fewer than a third of the usual voter turn out. Why? Perhaps because voters did not realize that Brandon and Pittsford mailed municipal ballots and the schools, by law, were not allowed to do the same. We need your help!
The new vote for a slightly reduced budget will take place on April 26, 2022 (see below, you can vote early!). A virtual informational session will take place on April 25 at 6:30 pm. Please spread the word far and wide! Show up and be heard- vote!
YOU CAN VOTE EARLY: Later this week, town offices will have the official ballots ready and you can go into your town office and vote early or you can request an absentee ballot if you don’t prefer to vote in person. We will notify you when walk-in voting is available.
OVUUSD School Board is holding a public forum on April 6 at OVUHS Library at 6pm to gather the thoughts of voters on the re-vote of the school budget. This forum is in person and virtual. The virtual link is on the calendar at rnesu.org.
COVID TESTS AVAILABLE: While our nurses continue to conduct diagnostic testing in school and make home antigen tests available on an as needed basis, there are times families want to have more testing done, such as before or after an event. We have been told that by April 4, families who wish to have antigen tests may make an appointment at a State of Vermont testing site to obtain up to eight rapid antigen tests or one LAMP test per appointment for their use at home. To make an appointment, click link: https://www.healthvermont.gov/covid-19/testing/where-get-tested
OVUUSD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WANTED! The Otter Valley UUSD School Board has three vacancies that need to be filled. If you are interested in serving on the school board, send a letter by April 2 to indicate your interest to:
Melinda Piper, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent, RNESU, 49 Court Drive, Brandon, VT 05733
The following vacancies need to be filled: 1. Leicester (must be a Leicester resident) 2. Pittsford (must be a Pittsford resident)
At Large (can be a resident in any Otter Valley Unified Union town: Brandon, Pittsford, Goshen, Leicester, Whiting or Sudbury).
Appointees may serve for one year and may run for their seat next March in the annual election. The board meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month except for July.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! OVUU BUDGET RE-VOTE APRIL 26th: The Otter Valley Unified Union Board budget re-vote will be held on Tuesday, April 26. Please help spread this word near and far! The board will share information about the budget in the coming weeks and will hold an informational meeting virtually on April 25. To comment on the defeated vote, please use the link below to access our Let’s Talk online forum OR attend the board meeting next Wednesday, April 6th - 6pm at OVUHS for public comment.
https://www.k12insight.com/Lets-Talk/embed.aspx?L=PF9Y79G3K2LT
OVUU SEEKS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
Interested in becoming more involved in the school system? Consider becoming a school board member.
The Otter Valley Unified Union School Board is looking for interested parties to be appointed to the following open seats.
Leicester – 1 year remaining of a 3 year term
Pittsford – 3 year term
At-Large – 1 year remaining of a 3 year term (candidates can be from any of the OVUUSD towns: Brandon; Goshen; Leicester; Pittsford Sudbury; and Whiting)
All appointed school board members would be serving through to the next election in March 2023, at which time they would be required to run and be elected to complete the terms.
Please use Let’s Talk to submit Letters of Interest to the Board.
RNESU Announces New Superintendent
The RNESU Board announces the appointment of a new superintendent to replace retiring Supt. Jeanné Collins in July. Dr. Kristin Hubert has accepted the position. Read the full article here: https://www.rnesu.org/article/681786
The Superintendent Search Committee has reviewed additional applications and has chosen one to interivew. Dr. Kristin Hubert, RNESU Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, will be interviewed by the search committee on March 8 followed by a community interview that evening. All are invited to join the virtual community forum to interview Dr. Hubert on Tuesday March 8 at 6:30 pm. The link will be on the RNESU.org website on Tuesday.
Update on mask mandates from the Agency of Education Feb 28:
On Feb. 25, 2022, the CDC updated their COVID-19 guidance on wearing masks indoors as well as on school buses. Vermont is currently evaluating that guidance. Schools should continue to follow the recommendations from the Agency of Education and Vermont Department of Health to guide their decision making. We will have an announcement later this week on next steps in our public health recommendations for schools.
SCHOOL CLOSED TODAY - Friday, Feb. 18, 2022
Due to the weather, flash flooding, and icy road conditions today, all RNESU schools will be closed Friday, February 18th, 2022.
Stay safe and warm.
GENTLE REMINDER! 👉Early Release Day TOMORROW Friday, February 11th!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
👉Early Release Day this Friday, February 11th
👉February Break is the week of February 21st through 25th
👉Election Day March 1, 2022. Absentee ballots available at the town clerk offices.
The 2022-2023 calendar has been posted on the RNESU web page at The first day of school is anticipated to be August 31, 2022. Find it here 👉https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VeImuY-JbamPlj47DzicUU5dCDvZdxM8/view
TEST AT SCHOOL DETAILS: Please note - when our schools do not have 2 pak or 5 pak antigen tests to send home, our nurses will test at school until our Test to Stay supplies are used up. Upon a close contact student's arrival at school, they should report to the health office at Otter Valley and to their classroom at the Elementary schools. 👉Students with symptoms need to stay home.
👉Asymptomatic presumptive contact students will be tested if consent is given and can remain in school with a negative test. Parents will be called to pick up their child if the child has a positive test or has symptoms .👉Parents need to alert the nurse that their child will be arriving for the antigen test.
Parents MUST register their children to allow antigen testing at school at the two links provided previously if they haven't already done so. Consent is optional but must be on file if you want your child to be given an antigen test at school. VT AOE COVID Response Testing Consent Form: https://www.cognitoforms.com/VermontAgencyOfEducation/SY22COVID19TestingProgramConsentForm
In addition to the consent form, please click on the link below and complete the form for your school(s). If you have more than one child, you will need to fill out the links for each. You do not need to provide the student id.
👉Barstow - https://www.simplereport.gov/register/WMN72
👉Lothrop - https://www.simplereport.gov/register/Z2M73
👉Neshobe - https://www.simplereport.gov/register/BJYUU
👉OCA - https://www.simplereport.gov/register/AMYCD
👉OV - https://www.simplereport.gov/register/KUZ8A