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Nearly 25% of schools in Vermont hadn’t tested for radon, more than four years after state mandate
Many schools don’t know whether students are being exposed to the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S., according to a memo published by the state auditor’s office.
Two Williston schools close after Wednesday night electric school bus fire
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but the Champlain Valley School District superintendent said there’s no reason to suspect foul play.
School consolidation efforts reach an inflection point as lawmakers hit familiar roadblocks
Halfway through the legislative session, lawmakers are at loggerheads over how to consolidate Vermont’s school districts, with two very different proposals in the House and Senate.
New Vermont State University president appointed
Sherry Kollmann, chancellor of the New Mexico State University Global Campus, will take the reins of the university in its third year of a consolidated statewide university system.
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After bond approval, Woodstock school project faces next tests
The Mountain Views district’s $112 million plan to replace the aging middle and high school still depends on outside funding and state decisions.
Voters approve a majority of Town Meeting Day school budgets
Education leaders characterized Tuesday’s results as a return to normal following a historic rejection of school budgets two years ago.
New lawsuit challenges restrictions on school choice in Vermont’s education reform law
The lawsuit is the second filed in Vermont challenging Act 73, the sweeping education reform law that limits private schools’ eligibility for the state’s public tuition system.
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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