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EDUCATION
Because of PCBs, North Country’s students will come back to school in tents
After another round of testing revealed stubbornly high rates of PCBs — a class of toxic chemicals — at North Country Union High, administrators are preparing to educate students in wedding tents this fall. A state law passed in 2021 requires all schools, public or private, built or...
NCU High School delays opening after failing to remove chemical contamination
Newport, VT. – North Country Union High School in will delay the start of classes until Wednesday, September 4, after a five million dollar project failed to remove PCB chemical contamination over the summer. The EPA requires all Vermont schools built before 1980 to be tested for PCB levels,...
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