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Volume 20, Number 23
FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT
Thursday, June 10, 2021
TRAIL PLAN PROPOSAL
Lessons learned educating through a global pandemic By Steven LePage
Our Plainville Community Schools staff family has reached a point in the year where we can say that we have almost made it. As educators in Plainville, whether in my role as Superintendent or any position across our district, we have likely experienced many similar emotions. I think it is fair to say that we have all experienced a range of emotions that would have to include uncertainty, anxiety, overwhelm, stress and exhaustion. While these are not the feelings we want to experience, we acknowledge that these feelings are natural in navigating difficult and incredibly complex times in which to be an educator or leader. In Plainville, our pandemic experience started last year with a complete shift in how we provided education and support. That extended through the end of the year, and the many creative plans developed to end the year as meaningfully as possible. We were proud of our PCS efforts, despite many areas in which we made mistakes and learned through those mistakes. In preparation for this school year over the summer, our entire leadership team worked incredibly hard, along with members of the various reopening committees across the district and in each school, to do our best to open schools on time, in-person to the degree we could, and to keep everyone safe. See LePage, A7
A rollerblader rides along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Cheshire as she passes the Cheshire West Community Butterfly Gardens on Sept. 15, 2020. A 5-mile gap in the Heritage Trail exists in Plainville, but there are plans to close it. See story on page 33. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
Some new rules at Berner pool Elizabeth A. Berner Pool at Norton Park will open for the season on Saturday, June 12 and capacity limits and pool pass policies have been updated. From June 12 to Sunday, July 4, 100 people will be allowed into the facility at one time; doubling the original plan.
The pool will open to maximum capacity starting Monday, July 5. With the increased capacity limits, the pool will no longer utilize time slots. The pool will be open daily, 12 to 7 p.m. A season or daily pass will be required to enter the facility.
Season passes are $25 and are available to residents only. To register for a season pass, visit PlainvilleCT.RecDesk.com. Passes will be available for pick-up at the pool. Season passes are also available at the Recreation Office, 50 Whiting St. See Pool, A3
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