YourNNY Your Source for News & Sports in Northern New York

South Burlington school expects one week delay to start of the school year

The multi-million dollar upgrade is expected to help students out in more than one way

THE MIDDLEBURY ANBD WHITE RIVER JUNCTION OFFICES ARE STILL CLOSED. WE’RE JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. BUT ONE SOUTH BURLINGT ON SCHOOL – IS WORKING AGAINST THE CLOCK – TO FINISH UP RENOVATIONS! THE CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL – WILL BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR ONE WEEK AFTER ITS ORIGINAL START DATE. AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND NBC5’S LAUREN GRANADA. THIS MORNING. LAUREN, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TELL YOU THE WAIT WILL BE WORTH IT. WHEN CONSTRUCTION WORK SCHOS OL OF THE ONLY SCHOOLS IN VERMONT THAT HAS A IR COITNDIONING. CREWS ARE HAS AIR CONDITIONING. CREWS ARE WORKING 6 DAYS A WEEK TO GET IT DONE. SO THAT STUDENTS CAN NOT ONLY STAY COOL ON HOT DAYS – B UT HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE A LITTLE BETTER. 06;42;53;12– 06;42;55;16 <HOLLY ROUELLE, PRINCIPAL, CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL :02 “WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE CHAMBERLIN PAUSE.”> NAT: plane/jet noise (edit out the word ‘that’) 06;42;55;25– 06;43;02;05 <HOLLY ROUELLE, PRINCIPAL, CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL :06 “WHENEVER T HE AIRPLANES GO OVER OR THE JETS GO OVER THERE IS A PAUSE IN INSTRUCTION.”> PRINCIPAL HOLLY ROUELLE SAYS IT’S BECOME A PART OF STUDENTS’ AND TEACHE’ RS DAILY ROUTINE AT THE CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL IN SOUTH BURLINGTON. LOCATED JUST POINT 8 MILES FROM THE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NAT: flipping unlo lckatch on winw do AND WHEN THE WINDOWS ARE UP ON HOT DAYS IN THE FALL AND SP RING NAT: opening wdoinw up THE NOISE IS EVEN LOUDER. SO WHEN THE F-A-A PROVIDED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 3 A MILLION DOLLAR UPGRADE TO THE SCHOOL’S HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM. CREWS GOT TO WORK. 06;42;00;24– 06;42;05;15 <HOLLY ROUELLE, PRINCIPAL, CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL :04 “BY HAVING THE OLCOING AND THE HEATING IT MEANS THAT WE WON’T HAVE TO OPEN UP OUR WINDOWS.”> ALLOWING STUDENTS TO STAY COOL, AND HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE ‘THE CHAMBERLIN PAUSE’. NAT: construction (if we have a good on e) BUT IT HASN’T BEEN T HE EASIEST PROJECT TO COMPLETE. 00;03;08;11– 00;03;15;06 <GARY MARCKRES, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, SOUTH BURLINGT SOND :07 “IT’S A PRETTY BIG, COMPLEX, DETAILED PROJECT TO BE AE BL TO DO IN ONE SUMMER BREAK PERIOD> .” ON TOP OF THAT, SOUTH BURLINGTON’S DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS SAYS CONSTRUCTIONRE CWS HAVE RAN INTO SUPPORT ISSUES ON THE ROOF. FORCING CREWS TO ALSO WORK ON SATURDAYS. 00;03;25;07– 00;03;34;00 <GARY MARCKRES, DIRECT OR OF OPERATIONS, SOUTH BURLINGTON SD :09 “THEY HAD TO TAKE DOWN VTUIRALLY A LL OF CEILINGS IN THE SCHOOL TO DO THE DUCT WORK ABOUT THE CEILINGS.”> IN RESULT, THE FIRST DAYF O SCHOOL IS BEING PUSHED BACK BY ONE WEEK. (show FB post) FORCING SOME PARENTSO T SEARCH FOR CAMPS AT THE LAST MINUTE. BUT CHAMBERLIN PARENTS CAN REST ASSURED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ‘S ‘SCHOOL’S OUT’ PROGRAM, 06;44;39;09– 06;44;43;06 <HOLLY ROUELLE, PRINCIPAL, CHAMBERLIN SC HOOL :07 “THEY ARE GOI NG TO OFFER A ONE- WEEK CAMP EXPERIENCE FOR PARENTS AND FA MILIES WHO WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THAT.”> …AND STUDENTS CAN REST ASSURED, THE áEND OF THEIR SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF NEXT SUMMER SHOULDN’T BE DELAYED. 06;44;39;09– 06;44;43;06 <HOLLY ROUELLE, PRINCIPAL, CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL :04 “WE’RE TRYING TO GET A WAIVER FROM THE STATE BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.”> THE ORIGINAL FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AUGUST 23RD. BUT CONSTRUCTION IS DELAYI

South Burlington school expects one week delay to start of the school year

The multi-million dollar upgrade is expected to help students out in more than one way

The first day of school is approaching fast for the Chamberlin School in South Burlington. However, students’ first day will be delayed.The school is undergoing renovations to its heating and cooling system to allow students to stay cool, but also to help them concentrate better.The Chamberlin School is located less than a mile away from the Burlington International Airport. The $3 million upgrade will allow teachers to leave their windows shut on hot days, to not only make it more comfortable for students, but to help with noise mitigation from airplanes and jets passing over. “Having the windows closed in the winter time, it’s much less of a noise distraction than in the fall and the spring when we have had to have the windows open. We talk about something called the Chamberlin pause where whenever the airplanes go over or the jets go over there is a pause in instruction” said Principal Holly Rouelle. The first day of will be on Aug. 30 instead of Aug. 23. Rouelle says this should not impact the last day of school for students.

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. —

The first day of school is approaching fast for the Chamberlin School in South Burlington. However, students’ first day will be delayed.

The school is undergoing renovations to its heating and cooling system to allow students to stay cool, but also to help them concentrate better.

The Chamberlin School is located less than a mile away from the Burlington International Airport.

The $3 million upgrade will allow teachers to leave their windows shut on hot days, to not only make it more comfortable for students, but to help with noise mitigation from airplanes and jets passing over.

“Having the windows closed in the winter time, it’s much less of a noise distraction than in the fall and the spring when we have had to have the windows open. We talk about something called the Chamberlin pause where whenever the airplanes go over or the jets go over there is a pause in instruction” said Principal Holly Rouelle.

The first day of will be on Aug. 30 instead of Aug. 23. Rouelle says this should not impact the last day of school for students.