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‘Significant is an understatement’: Supreme Court decision reverberates across Vermont’s school system

By Peter D'Auria

Jun 21 2022June 21, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Maine program that excluded some religious schools from receiving public money. That decision is expected to have consequences in Vermont.


Vermont has rules about suspending students. Parents and advocates say some schools are breaking them.

By Peter D'Auria

Jun 12 2022June 10, 2022

Advocates say students are being pulled out of class without the legal suspension process. During the pandemic, they say, the practice has grown more common.


Vermont House advances bill that would ban offensive school mascots

By Peter D'Auria

May 5 2022May 5, 2022

House lawmakers approved S.139, which would direct state education officials to create a policy prohibiting discriminatory mascots in Vermont’s schools.


As Vermont public schools shift to ‘test-at-home’ procedures, independent schools are told to wait

By Peter D'Auria

Jan 16 2022January 15, 2022

State officials told public schools this week to begin the transition to a new Covid-19 testing system. But officials said independent schools should continue to do what they are doing.


Hospitals and schools brace for Covid-19 surge driven by holidays and Omicron

By Liora Engel-Smith and Peter D'Auria

Dec 22 2021December 22, 2021

State officials say Vermont could see 600 to 1,000 new Covid-19 cases a day after the holidays, threatening health care and education systems that are already stretched thin.


Vermont students’ standardized test scores dropped during the pandemic. School officials say you shouldn’t read too much into it.

By Peter D'Auria

Nov 11 2021November 12, 2021

Standardized test scores from spring 2021 showed marked decreases from previous years. But education officials say that data is problematic because of the challenges of administering tests during the pandemic.


ACLU, Legal Aid: Some schools are illegally using Medicaid dollars for police

By Lola Duffort

May 12 2021May 12, 2021

Vermont Legal Aid

At least two school districts — Maple Run in St. Albans and the North Country Supervisory Union — used Medicaid dollars last school year to pay for school police, according to a public records request the ACLU placed with the state. They were reimbursed about $139,000 in total.


Vermont allows out-of-state workers to get vaccine, with kids soon to follow

By Erin Petenko

May 7 2021May 7, 2021

Soldiers in masks and camouflage uniforms move black containers on folding tables

The state is offering more walk-in vaccine clinics than ever — including several this weekend — as it aims to increase the convenience of getting vaccinated.


Final Reading: The latest on the school lunch debate

By Lola Duffort

Apr 7 2021April 6, 2021

The state Agency of Education on Tuesday once again opposed S.100, a bill that would provide free meals to all K-12 students in Vermont.


Can pandemic migration save Vermont’s small schools? Not likely

By Lola Duffort

Nov 30 2020December 1, 2020

School enrollment continues to decline, and small districts are talking about closing some of their elementary schools.


After Thanksgiving, schools will require students who attend multi-household gatherings to quarantine

By Lola Duffort

Nov 24 2020November 25, 2020

Renée DeVore takes student's temperature

Employers are also strongly encouraged to ask employees if they attended multi-household gatherings, and winter school sports, which were to begin Nov. 30, have been postponed indefinitely.


State board punts Kurn Hattin probe to ed agency

By Lola Duffort

Nov 6 2020November 6, 2020

Kurn Hattin

The board says it does not have the 'legal authority' to conduct a review. An Agency of Education spokesperson says it is considering its next steps.


Staff shortages stymie efforts to increase in-person school, superintendents say

By Lola Duffort

Oct 26 2020October 27, 2020

As quarantines and cold and flu symptoms are increasingly keeping teachers at home for days or weeks at time, administrators say they’re struggling to maintain operations.


Vermont’s virtual learning co-op faces ‘logjam,’ leaving some students on waitlists

By Lola Duffort

Sep 11 2020September 11, 2020

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“It's just absolutely nuts," said Jeff Renard, director of the cooperative, which is supporting more than 43 schools. "We're frantically trying to get everybody enrolled."


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