Mansfield Hires New Town Manager by Luke Hajdasz Manager Since July of 2017

THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SINCE 1896 • VOLUME CXXVII, NO. 28 Tuesday, October 6, 2020 COVID-19 Tracker Current 202 166 7 CONFIRMED CASES AT Residential Cumulative Cumulative Staff Cases UCONN STORRS Cases as of 8:47 p.m. on Oct. 6 23 Residential Cases Commuter Cases Mansfield hires new town manager by Luke Hajdasz manager since July of 2017. Be- Aylesworth will replace STAFF WRITER fore that he served as the town interim town manager John [email protected] administrator in Hinsdale, Carrington, who has had a re- Massachusetts, according to his newed contract every 90 days Ryan Aylesworth has been LinkedIn profile and as CEO of with Mansfield ever since selected by the Mansfield Town Western Massachusetts Public former town manager Derrik Council in a 6-2 vote to be the next Lands Alliance. Enfield has a Kennedy resigned in July of town manager, beginning on De- population of about 4,500 and 2019 after allegations of rac- cember 1, 2020. is just south of Hanover, New ist comments and a hostile Aylesworth, currently the town Hampshire, where Dartmouth work environment. The town manager of Enfield, New Hamp- College is located. Mansfield’s council also voted Tuesday to shire, has signed on to a three year, population is about 24,500. retain Carrington until early seven month contract with the “I wish to emphasize that my January, or until Aylesworth town with a first year base salary tenure as the Town Manager in begins work, which he is ex- of $163,000. Aylesworth’s contract Enfield has been very success- pected to do before the new with the town will expire on June ful and I am happy in my current year. As part of the contract re- 30, 2024. According to Tuesday’s position,” Aylesworth said in his newal, Carrington will receive town council meeting packet, the application materials to the town a 10% raise in pay. contract drafted is similar to that council. “I have consistently re- In a letter to the town council of former town managers Matt ceived highly favorable reviews recommending Aylesworth’s Hart and Derrik Kennedy. from the Board of Selectmen, hiring, Mansfield Mayor Toni The contract includes a pay- other local officials and mem- Moran said that Aylesworth ment by the town of up to bers of the community regarding comes to Mansfield “with a $10,000 to cover moving costs to the progress that I have helped wealth of experience in munic- Mansfield “within a reasonable facilitate over the past three ipal management in a variety time,” as residence in Mansfield years on many fronts.” of roles.” is a requirement for the job. It Aylesworth said he wants to also grants Aylesworth a $5,000 move to Mansfield because of annual car allowance and a sev- the proximity to family, major erance payment of six months cities like Boston and New York salary, which equates to $81,500, and it being home to the Univer- if the town were to break the sity of Connecticut. contract. The town has agreed to The decision to hire Ayles- send Aylesworth on professional worth, opposed by Republican Mansfield’s new town manager, Ryan Aylesworth, is due to development and certification council members Charles Aus- start on Dec. 1, 2020. He was hired to replace the interim achievement trips. burger and David Freudmann, town manager, John Carrington, who has served in the role Aylesworth has been the En- was made at last Tuesday’s since July 2019. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF RYAN AYLESWORTH VIA LINKEDIN field, New Hampshire town town council meeting. UConn School of Social Work students help Hartford Public Schools navigate COVID- troubles by Thomas Alvarez lies and communities through- STAFF WRITER out Connecticut. The Hartford [email protected] Public School district identified the complexities of attending to Megan Berthold, associate these realities and the serious professor and director of field and cumulative trauma and loss- education at the School of Social es experienced by their students Work, spoke about the partner- and their families,” Berthold ship between the University of said. “They turned to the UConn Connecticut’s Master’s of Social School of Social Work, whose Work students and the Hart- graduate students are well-posi- ford Public School District, the tioned to assist and serve as a re- impact of the program and stu- source with the social and emo- dents’ hopes and worries about tional learning of K-12 students their work. in the Hartford Public School Berthold said the Master’s of District.” Social Work students will be This is not the first time working 15 hours per week over the School of Social Work has a 28 week period. She said they worked with Harford Public will help the Hartford students Schools, but Berthold said that in a variety of ways, ranging changes have been made to con- from assessment of family needs form to COVID-19 regulations. to supportive counseling. For example, she said that stu- “These interns are concentrat- dents now have the option to ing on individual, group and work remotely in addition to in- family practice and are placed person events. in a school for fifteen hours a week for twenty-eight weeks,” “The COVID-19 Berthold said. “The MSW in- pandemic and terns are providing a variety of services including assessment systemic racism have of K-12 students and identifica- had a significant tion of those at risk in terms of their social and emotional well- impact on families The University of Connecticut’s School of Social Work’s master’s degree students will be working being and learning; assessment to help Hartford public school students through the pandemic. PHOTO BY SEAN FLYNN/UCONN PHOTO VIA UCONN and communities TODAY of student and family needs and linking to community resources; throughout When asked what students that it is very meaningful for impact their flexibility in their groups for K-12 students (e.g., Connecticut.” were most excited about, Ber- them to be able to serve on the work. support, trauma-informed, grief thold said the Master’s of Social front lines in schools during “For most of our MSW students, groups) and supportive counsel- MEGAN BERTHOLD Work students were most ex- this pandemic, addressing the this will be the first time they have ing.” cited to work on the front lines. pressing needs of many,” Ber- provided any services remotely. Berthold said the COVID-19 “The MSW interns have the ca- She said they feel it is important thold said. “Further, with social Some have expressed a concern pandemic, coupled with sys- pacity to work remotely as need- to fight against both the pan- work’s commitment to racial about needing to learn new skills temic racism, has affected many ed and in accordance with the demic and systemic racism. justice, it is an important pro- to connect with their clients when families throughout Connecti- Hartford Public School District, “The Hartford Public School fessional opportunity to work to they cannot see them face-to-face,” cut. She said the Hartford Public UConn and State of Connecticut district is the largest public combat systemic racism.” Berthold said. “At the same time, School District realized this and COVID policies and protocols,” school district in Connecticut Berthold said this was many this is an incredible learning expe- reached out to the School of So- Berthold said. “The interns are serving many children of color students’ first time working rience and will serve them well in cial Work for assistance. providing in-person services but and those from families with with clients virtually. She said their careers. Social workers often “The COVID-19 pandemic also may work remotely at times lower incomes disproportion- they are nervous about this en- must be nimble and flexible as they and systemic racism have had during the year to serve K-12 stu- ately affected by the pandemic. deavor, but it is a great learning approach evolving and complex a significant impact on fami- dents and their families.” MSW students have expressed opportunity that will positively practice realities.” For more... dailycampus.com The_DailyCampus The_DailyCampus The Daily Campus Tweet of the Day katie FROM BELOW | PAGE 4 LAST DREAM | PAGE 5 NBA FINALS | PAGE 12 @velveteyesshop End Zoom school UConn’s international literary It ain’t over ‘til it’s over a relationship should be 50/50. press wins award he points out the cows when we’re driving, and i admire 02 Tuesday, October 6, 2020 • DailyCampus.com News CDC says Covid- can spread Police chief, city indoors in updated guidance official plead guilty in NEW YORK (AP) — The top ple who are not wearing masks. virus can remain suspended in hiring scam U.S. public health agency said In interviews, CDC officials the air and drift more than 6 Monday that the coronavirus have also acknowledged grow- feet, and officials emphasized HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — examination required by the can spread more than 6 feet ing evidence that the virus the importance of indoor venti- Two former officials of Con- city’s charter in order to make through the air, especially in can sometimes spread on even lation. It also added singing and necticut’s largest city pleaded sure that Mr. Perez was one of poorly ventilated and enclosed smaller particles called aerosols breathing to the ways the virus guilty Monday to federal charg- the three examination final- spaces. But agency officials that spread over a wider area. can go airborne. es stemming from what prose- ists and thereby eligible to be maintained that such spread is In the update posted on its Federal health officials later cutors called a corrupt process named the permanent police uncommon and current social website, the agency again ac- said the post was a mistake and that led to the police chief’s ap- chief,” federal prosecutor Jona- distancing guidelines still make knowledged recent research that it had been released before pointment in 2018.

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