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Vermont embraces the safety of outdoor classrooms during the pandemic

Published February 1, 2022 at 12:25 PM CST
A RyanTruss structure outside Rochester Elementary School. (Courtesy of Greg Ryan)
A RyanTruss structure outside Rochester Elementary School. (Courtesy of Greg Ryan)

A father and his two sons in Rochester, Vermont, have designed a portable, easy-to-assemble structure that is being used as an outdoor classroom during the pandemic. They’ve built about 13 of them so far that are mostly being used in Vermont schools.

Jon Kalish reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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