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Rama Schneider: It’s bar owners who need to protect the bartenders

By Commentary

Sep 20 2021September 19, 2021

I’ve worked in low-end and high-end alcohol-serving establishments. While the customers may dress differently, they are the same human base when stripped naked. Being a bartender in a high-stress bar simply isn’t worth it.


Rama Schneider: Learning the numbers for school planning

By Commentary

Apr 25 2019April 25, 2019

The set of numbers describing student count, physical infrastructure, and personnel count will have to be viewed as a multifaceted tangle of needs, wants, values, visions, practicalities and I’m sure more.


Rama Schneider: Our nation’s vision statement

By Commentary

Mar 3 2019March 3, 2019

I’ve come to the conclusion that an idea with true merit is to spend time reciting and discussing the preamble to the U.S. Constitution.


Rama Schneider: Lessons learned at the school board

By Commentary

Oct 9 2018October 8, 2018

I recently stepped back from participation on my local school board, and after giving myself some time to reflect, I have the following thoughts to offer.


Rama Schneider: Crisis, priorities and guns

By Commentary

Feb 21 2018February 21, 2018

There is no decent rationale that allows us to wait for the next count of children's bodies.


Rama Schneider: VSBA failing school boards

By Commentary

Oct 22 2017October 20, 2017

I cannot and will not consign funds for training sessions intended to advance the views of the VSBA and not the needs of all our district boards.


Rama Schneider: The great dumping on school boards

By Commentary

Jun 29 2017June 30, 2017

School board members across the state, have to put up with a continual assault by the state government that has been aided and abetted by the Vermont School Boards Association's policy advocacy.


Rama Schneider: Hardly the VSBE's swan song

By Commentary

Dec 12 2016December 12, 2016

The ones who should be moved out of the educational policy cycle are the legislators and governors.


Rama Schneider: School boards should take this opportunity

By Commentary

Jun 6 2016June 6, 2016

Local districts and their boards have been given ample time to reflect and act in a manner that responds to statewide as well as local needs.


Rama Schneider: A distinction with a difference

By Commentary

Apr 8 2016April 7, 2016

The notion that there is no distinction between school districts and the towns and cities that host them has resulted in district unification discussions being held hostage to the needs of towns and not the schools.


Rama Schneider: The unconstitutional Vermont state legislative districts

By Commentary

Jan 13 2016January 13, 2016

We are still living with a system that violates the equal protection clause of the federal Constitution's 14th Amendment.


Rama Schneider: The supervisory union as family

By Commentary

Oct 6 2015October 6, 2015

The strengths of Vermont's supervisory union structure is shining through and driving the discussions about Act 46.


Rama Schneider: State Board of Education not living up to standards

By Commentary

Aug 23 2015August 23, 2015

At its regular meeting of July 24 the Vermont State Board of Education went into an illegal executive session so as to receive legal advice regarding Act 46.


Rama Schneider: Keep calm and carry on

By Commentary

Aug 9 2015August 9, 2015

The challenges and opportunities for school districts and the boards that oversee them have in the last several years come at an amazing rate that is simultaneously frustrating and energizing.


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