By Robin Alberti Cristy Murphy found her calling in teaching kids yoga. With a background in elementary education, she was introduced to yoga by her teaching partner at Barstow School, and she immediately saw the benefits of teaching it to […]
Tag: School
State News
Failed Act 46 merged school districts to make cases for “alternative structures”
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger The State Board of Education has approved the Agency of Education’s revised draft rules that will guide how school districts that don’t want to or can’t merge under Act 46 will make their case to […]
Letter, Opinion
Vote “no” for Model 1, Rochester school consolidation
Dear Editor, It’s going to be sad to not have a high school in Rochester. To review, closing of the Rochester High School seems inevitable. The proposed Model 1, soon coming up for a vote on Tuesday, April 11, in […]
Local News
Okemo Mountain School’s Valentine places second at Junior World Championships
LUDLOW—Okemo Mountain School snowboarder Anna Valentine (Class of ‘18) capped off a strong season with a second place victory in the FIS Junior World Snowboard Championships in Laax, Switzerland, on Monday, March 20. It was the second medal in two […]
Letter, Opinion
Reflections on Trailblazers, the elementary school ski program
Dear Editor, Hi, Jonas here from KES, and I love Trailblazers. I only moved up here this year, and one of my favorite things about this new school is Trailblazers. And no, it’s not just because we get out of […]
Local News
Two towns reject school merger
By Stephen Seitz BARNARD—Act 46 is getting off to a creaky start, at least for some. The law, which went into effect in 2015, has the goal of merging Vermont’s school districts in the hope of providing better education, as […]
Local News
Voters fail to pass just 18 of 209 school budgets
By Tiffany Danit Pache, VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott asked voters to reject increases in school spending on Town Meeting Day, but only 18 out of 209 budgets failed — fewer than half the number that were struck down in 2014 […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Rutland Northeast school communities make art together
Students, teachers, parents and community members will roll up their sleeves to create art this spring. A new project called th!NK is a collaboration between all the schools in the Rutland Northeast School District and the Compass Music and Arts […]
Letter, Opinion
Vote “yes” on school board merger
Dear Editor, Attention Killington taxpayers and residents: on Tuesday, March 7, you will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” to a potential Act 46 merger of our local school board into a new consolidated board consisting of members from […]
News Briefs
Lakes Region News Briefs
Lakes Region benefiting from improved broadband FairPoint Communications recently announced the completion of broadband expansion projects in Poultney, Wells, and West Pawlet, plus 17 other Vermont towns. To Beth Fastiggi, state president for Vermont at FairPoint, the project completion brings […]