Education
Health insurance, inflation and federal funding cuts: Here’s what’s driving school budget increases this year
With inflation and health insurance rates rising, school district officials say they’re running out of financial runway as they try to limit Town Meeting Day budget increases.
Community land trust exploring the acquisition of Sterling College campus
“We see this as a meaningful opportunity to expand childcare and establish permanent affordable housing in Craftsbury,” said Scott Thomas, president of the college.
Vermont students are ‘well below’ proficiency goals in math and English, according to state report
The report’s findings mirror longer-term declines in student performance highlighted in federal data.
Senator’s school consolidation proposal would allow 2-year period for voluntary mergers
The second school consolidation proposal to emerge this session, the Senate chair’s proposal offers a very different vision for consolidation than the House Education Committee’s competing map proposal.
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Vermont students protest ICE in coordinated walkouts
Students at some Chittenden County schools left class Friday, speaking out against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement actions.
Calais, Worcester residents vote against shuttering schools
The results “showcase how difficult it is to make these decisions at the local level, and at the same time how important that local voice is,” Flor Diaz Smith, the Washington Central Unified Union School District’s board chair, said.
House lawmaker’s proposed school consolidation map would combine 119 districts into 27
Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall, said the proposal was “faulty,” and his “first attempt” to create conversation and debate. But it signals a ramped up attempt by lawmakers to garner consensus on efforts to consolidate the state’s 119 school districts.
Calais, Worcester residents will vote next week on whether to close their small elementary schools
School officials say closure will help strengthen educational programming at three other K-6 schools in the district, but residents fear closure will only exacerbate demographic decline in their small towns.
Vermont schools are making headway to address chronic absenteeism, but rates remain stubbornly high
Agency of Education officials last week proposed statutory changes that would overhaul the state’s truancy and absenteeism policies and could help continue a downward trend.
South Burlington students start school food pantry for classmates
28% of students this year in the South Burlington School District qualify for free or reduced lunch, which means they are living at or below the poverty line.
Snowed in — unless you’re skiing: Vermont schools close as slopes fill up
“Conditions right now are like Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way. Today was one of the best days for skiing and riding all year,” said Matt McCawley, a spokesperson for Smugglers’ Notch Resort.
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