By Brett Yates A plan to provide full-time, nature-based education to three-, four- and five-year-olds in Chittenden has secured a home at Barstow Memorial School. The Barstow Unified Union School Board unanimously approved the concept in a special meeting on […]
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Vermont students call on schools, lawmakers to combat racial inequities
By Peter D’Auria/VTDigger Vermont students are urging state officials and educators to make a series of sweeping reforms to combat longstanding racial inequities in the state. A new report, written by the Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network, a group of students […]
The chance has arrived for a rebirth of our schools
By William Mathis Editor’s note: William J. Mathis, who lives in Goshen, is a former superintendent of the Rutland Northeast School District and former member of the State Board of Education. There are few issues as controversial as school consolidation […]
Covid-19: Two Years Later
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Cases reach new peak; Scott remains firm on no mask mandate
By Ethan Weinstein Despite a call from Lt. Gov. Molly Gray to issue stricter pandemic measures, Gov. Scott remained firm during his press conference Tuesday, Sept. 21, that he would not provide pandemic measures such as an indoor mask mandate […]
Delta has landed — are local schools ready?
By Curt Peterson With 78 Covid cases confirmed in Vermont schools this week alone, local schools are scrambling to deal with the highly contagious Delta variant. The Dept. of Health daily dashboard indicates the general population in some local towns […]
Schools are already reporting Covid-19 cases, the state isn’t
By Erin Petenko and Lola Duffort/VTDigger It isn’t Labor Day yet, but some back-to-school districts are already reporting back-to-school Covid-19 cases. Four schools — Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury, Summit Street School in Essex Junction, Shoreham Elementary School and […]
As cases surge, experts call for stronger mitigation steps in schools
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger State officials announced last week that students and staff should start the school year masked but could bare their faces once 80% of students in a school had received their Covid-19 shots. Two days later, the Agency of Education and […]
State: school to return in-person, masks recommended for all
By Hannah Laga Abram Vermont students will be able to return to fully in-person instruction when the school year begins this fall, with only a few state health recommendations in place, Gov. Phil Scott announced at a Tuesday press conference. […]
‘Once-in-a-generation opportunity’: Covid relief brings half-billion to Vermont schools
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger At the start of the pandemic, state and education officials worried that Covid-19 would be a financial catastrophe for the pre-K-12 system. Instead, the opposite happened. With three major federal relief packages approved by Congress since the start of the […]