Jarrod Vaillancourt said he was inspired to approach the school board again after reading a commentary in VDC by SPEAKVT president Marie Tiemann.

“We had a lot of volunteers in the streets, down Main Street and Weaver Street, positioning themselves at different blocks to have an additional presence,” Chavarria said. “People were watching on corners, making sure kids were OK.”

State officials said results were mostly consistent with the previous year.

The Committee on the Future of Public Education created by the Legislature has launched its public engagement and input-gathering this week with an online survey to collect feedback from Vermonters regarding education reform and the redistricting.

Vaillancourt argued that despite increased spending, “our children continue to be well below proficiency.”

“The old version of a large “group-style” bathroom created far more opportunities for vandalism, vaping, and fights to take place. This renovation allows for student privacy and removes the ability for large groups of students to congregate and misuse the space,” Messier said.

“Why would any adult even entertain the idea of putting hormonal boys and girls together in the same room for these intimate and personal moments?” Reighley wrote. “In the not-so-distant past, this was viewed as an absolute taboo.”

The posters and stickers are displayed in the main hallway, near the kindergarten room of the K-8 school.

Urgent request seeks to decouple capital construction debt from per-pupil spending formula

Women freshmen still outnumber men 60% – 40%, although the gap narrowed by two percent this year. Also, the old Holiday Inn site on Williston Road is now student housing.

“We need to bring in community voice early, before there is a push. Too often, boards have made a decision and then enlisted the community,” Castle said.

Since 2010 Vermont has consolidated from 271 school districts down to the current 119. Act 73 contemplates further consolidation down to 10-20 regional school boards. At the same time, spending has accelerated to the point that Vermont now spends 79% more than the national average and outcomes have been declining since this latest consolidation effort. Yet Vermont students now rank below average for performance.

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A school board member who also resigned said, I also must protest the significant weight the board majority has placed on narratives about the superintendent promoted by the SBEA. ‘

UVM can’t confirm the names of the students, the amounts they will be paid, how many students will be paid, nor the sports they will play.

The school figured the suspension would be just for a year. They were ready for game one of the next season. “Game One never came,” Goodwin says.

Yesterday’s event aimed to spotlight the role of parental voices in shaping Vermont’s public education system amid ongoing debates over funding, curriculum, and governance.

“The government cannot punish religious schools—and the families they serve—by permanently kicking them out of the state-sponsored sports because the state disagrees with their religious beliefs,” said ADF Senior Counsel and Vice President of U.S. Litigation David Cortman.

“Nothing about this directive requires a change to our diversity, equity and inclusion practices, and we’re not going to change,” Clark and Saunders said.

“In that modeling you will see there’s potential for pay raises from $5,000 up to $20,000 for teachers across the state,” she said.

Education leaders criticize Scott’s plans for district consolidation and per-student funding

Said a South Burlington teacher: “There has to be a balance, right?”

“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.