BARRE – On Saturday, March 21, the Destination Imagination state tournament took place at Barre City Elementary and Middle School. Local teams presented their solutions to challenges with a technical, arts or engineering focus, which they had worked on for several months. Local teams who received recognition in the competition[Read More…]
Education
Craftsbury Academy Animal Husbandry Club learns horse care
Greensboro Fire Department visit to Lakeview preschool, March 24
Sterling pivots to ancient agriculture, education
CRAFTSBURY – The Sterling College Board announced plans last week to pivot to a non-degree curriculum officials managing the campus have been enticed by since its inception in 1887. The plan has the campus dropping all motorized and electrified conveniences, plus all its internet connections, returning to ancient agricultural and[Read More…]
GMTCC Trojan horsecapades foiled
HYDE PARK – The full-scale trojan horse built by Green Mountain Technical Center students has proven to be more than just a model. The students, who shall remain unnamed due to being minors with pending criminal charges, spent the last semester designing and constructing what was meant to be a[Read More…]
Mountainview, Wolcott schools advance rejected budgets for revote, April 7
HARDWICK, WOLCOTT, GREENSBORO, WOODBURY – Voters in the Wolcott and Mountainview Union School Districts will have the opportunity to vote April 7, on the identical budgets they rejected Town Meeting Day, March 3. A state infusion of $115 million to the Education Fund proposed in Governor Scott’s FY27 budget would[Read More…]
Harple proposes CESA map, voluntary consolidation
MONTPELIER – Back in January, virtually no one imagined that lawmakers responsible for consolidating school districts would go anywhere near last fall’s disparaged recommendations from the school redistricting task force. Recall that lawmakers last year had punted the responsibility of drawing consolidated school district maps to the task force. But[Read More…]
Cabot School hires new principal
CABOT – Darin Carney was unanimously approved as the new principal of Cabot School by the Cabot School Board at its March 12 meeting. Carney will begin work as Cabot School’s new principal starting July 1. Both finalists for the position were veteran teachers and administrators who have worked at[Read More…]
Lakeview Early Education Center becomes 5-STAR program
GREENSBORO – The Lakeview Early Education Center became a 5 STAR (Step Ahead Recognition System) program on March 10, wrote the center’s Director Bethany “Beth” Parker in the Mid-March Lakeview Newsletter. “Over the February break I spent a couple of days gathering all the evidence to apply for 5 STARS[Read More…]
Hazen’s FY27 staff cuts prompt current departure
HARDWICK – Cuts to teaching positions at Hardwick’s Hazen Union School are planned for the next school year due to budget constraints and Vermont’s efforts to enlarge class sizes at small schools. The cuts include one position from each department and several staff members who do not belong to a[Read More…]
Gascoyne selected as Wolcott Elementary Principal
WOLCOTT – The Wolcott Town School Board has unanimously selected Kate Gascoyne as the next principal, effective July 1, citing her strong alignment with the values and priorities of the Wolcott community. “We are excited to welcome Kate back to Wolcott Elementary in this new role,” the board said in a[Read More…]
A building we can all be proud of
To the editor: There have been public reports that the Woodbury School needs extensive repairs in excess of $600,000 and this is just not accurate. The architectural plans that were submitted to the district were just one option for the school, not a requirement in any way. After diligent research[Read More…]
