With a rough-edges design approved, the district now plans to work on a more detailed design of the school, which should yield a more accurate cost estimate ahead of an expected November bond vote on the project’s financing.
A segment on “The Ingraham Angle” about a Burlington School District workshop on gender identity set off a wave of “hateful, harmful, and discriminatory messages,” the school superintendent said.
While Mayor Miro Weinberger heralded the annual city election’s outcome as a win for his agenda, he also said that a failed effort to raise the municipal tax rate could lead to budget woes for the next fiscal year.
“This is, plain and simple, a discriminatory policy,” city council members wrote in a letter sent this month to state and county officials.
Half the task force members will be students and half adults, including teachers, administrators and parents. Anyone interested in being on the task force can apply.
The employees on leave include the principal and assistant principal of J.J. Flynn Elementary School, plus a member of the state’s ethics commission.
The Vermont State Library Association says community libraries and school libraries serve distinct purposes. It's pushing back on Mayor Miro Weinberger’s idea to combine the two if the new high school is built downtown.
The Main Street Gateway Block has long been an area Mayor Miro Weinberger has wanted to develop, but it falls low on a list of new high school site rankings.
Paraeducators and union leaders are growing frustrated that it’s taking so long to secure a contract.
The district only has a three-and-a-half-year lease on its temporary downtown location — the former Macy’s department store turned high school.
The report shows the Burlington School District didn’t achieve many of its equity goals, but that outcome was expected and will be used to build solutions, officials say.
By this fall, only one officer will visit schools during scheduled events, such as trainings and active-shooter drills, and without weapons or uniforms.
The council also heard a proposal to up the school budget by $3.6 million as a result of Covid-19 pressures and the relocation of Burlington High School.
Before Dec. 10, there were no coronavirus cases in Burlington schools. Since Dec. 10, 20 positive cases have been identified.
