GREENSBORO – Town select boards pore over municipal budgets line by line for weeks. The town budget process is difficult and time-consuming, but it isn’t complicated. There are revenues and there are expenses. School budgets are different. Vermont’s Education Funding Formula has become so complex that most school board members[Read More…]
Editorial
It was another sobering week
MONTPELIER – It was yet another sobering week at the State House. Below are several facts I learned this week. Each reflects a separate area of concern, yet together they illustrate the challenging times we face. Twenty-five percent of students in our schools are chronically absent. “Chronically absent” means missing[Read More…]
The first 72 hours matter most
HARDWICK – In emergency management, there is a phrase that comes up often: the first 72 hours. It refers to the period immediately after a major event, when outside help may be delayed, systems are disrupted, and communities must rely largely on what they already have. For Hardwick, it is[Read More…]
Heller’s World
Helms wins awards in art, writing competition
HARDWICK – The Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union has announced Hazen Union student Will Helms (grade 11) is among 167 young artists and writers from across Vermont who have been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for their exceptional artistic and literary talent. Helms earned a silver key for[Read More…]
Heller’s World
Woodsmoke
What’s the solution?
With Vermont’s Town Meeting Day upon us, most questions involve funding, or who will be responsible for making decisions in our towns. At school district meetings we have budgets for education to vote on, most of which have gone up, some astronomically for several years. Our state legislature ponders education[Read More…]
Heller’s World
For the record
Last week’s review by David Rodgers, “Woodard discusses films, farms and more,” should have indicated George Woodard’s father is George. His grandfather was Walt.
