Friday, January 15, 2021
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Volume 27, Number 3
Budget season begins
VACCINATION DISTRIBUTION
Who’s eligible and when?
By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times
At their first meeting of the year, Durham officials reviewed a preliminary draft of the 202122 town budget. “There are some elements of this budget that are still estimated but I think we have a very good view early on this year of what we have to tackle,” said First Selectman Laura Francis.
Coginchaug students work to clear a trail for their Campus Unification class project; creating bike paths behind the school. This unique class is overseen by health teacher Robb Bajoros.
The draft budget totals $8.05 million, representing a 13.78 percent increase over last year. The Board of Education budget is not included in this total.
Teacher urges students to consider their legacy
This year, the town seeks to allocate an additional $6,000 to the tax assessor’s office to help accommodate staff changes and to cover overtime. Similarly, the town looks to dedicate an additional $13,420 to cover election-related expenses, including the employment of two new registrars.
By Bronwyn Commins Special to Town Times
See Budget, A5
By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times
The next phase of coronavirus vaccination distribution will begin at the end of the month and the CDC has announced who will be eligible to receive the shot.
There are some amazing teachers in this world: those who not only teach skills that enhance the lives of students academically, but who also present those skills within a cloak of engagement and authenticity so craftily developed that students don’t know they are learning. We need more teachers like this; more teachers like Coginchaug Regional High School health teacher Robb Bajoros.
Like all good educators, Bajoros takes learning beyond school walls by teaching a class called Campus Unification, which gives seniors the opportunity to leave the district “better than they inherited,” he says. Seniors from the 2020 graduating class began a trail-building project for the community, one that will create bike trails behind Coginchaug. Students from the Class of 2021 have picked up where last year’s class left off, all under the guidance of Bajoros.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has set out the rules for the next phase – dubbed Tier B1 – which prioritizes persons age 75 and over, residents of congregate settings, and frontline essential workers. Frontline essential workers include first responders, teachers, grocery store and public transport employees, mail carriers, as well as agriculture and farm manufacturing workers. “With the supply of vaccine being distributed globally, there is not a sufficient supply for each individual at this time which has necessitated the federal government, and governments throughout the world, to establish priority groups,” Durham Director of Health Christopher Hansen said in a released statement. Individuals in Phase B1 will have access to information regarding scheduling a vaccination in about a week, said Hansen. See Vaccination, A3
See Legacy, A5
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