ADDISON COUNTY — After a post-Thanksgiving break uptick in absenteeism in Addison County’s three biggest school districts, the numbers have stabilized or dropped in the district since then — even as COVID-19 cases have continued to increase around Vermont. School officials acknowledged that some families right after the weeklong Thanksgiving holiday had withheld students from school. Administrators said there could have been two reasons families made that choice: School officials had said to keep children … (read more)