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Editorial: An issue for student input

Posted on December 5, 2013 |
By Angelo S. Lynn



The issue of whether to install security cameras in area schools tiptoes along a blurred line separating school safety and student privacy. It’s a current topic of debate at the UD-3 board concerning the Middlebury Union High School and, soon, the Middlebury Union Middle School.

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Guest editorial: School test scores and what we should do with them

Posted on August 15, 2013 |
By William J. Mathis



This week’s writer is William J. Mathis of Goshen, a member of the state board of education, a former Vermont superintendent of schools and managing director of the National Education Policy Center.

A Closer Look at School Test Scores —

And What We Should be Doing About Them

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Schools consider shorter summer vacations

Posted on April 25, 2013 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Addison County schools are being invited to adopt a new calendar that would reshape the academic year in a manner that would shorten the traditional summer vacation. In exchange for some shorter breaks, supporters believe the change would allow for more staff development, tutoring for students who need it most, and work-study arrangements involving kids and local businesses.

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MUHS, MUMS brace for a big drop in secondary students

Posted on April 22, 2013 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — The UD-3 school board has begun to discuss ways of streamlining Middlebury Union high and middle schools’ staffing, programs and facilities in anticipation of a student body that’s pegged to decline substantially during the next four years.

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Editorial: Embracing the big idea in education

Posted on April 22, 2013 |
By Angelo Lynn



News that area middle schools and high schools are facing a student decline of 9-26 percent over the next five years is shocking, but it is not new. Most schools throughout Addison County saw the reduction in their elementary schools many years ago and the changing demographics are just working their way through the educational system.

Two questions rise to the fore: 1) what can be done to reverse declining student populations, and 2) how can our schools adapt to fewer students and still maintain a diverse curriculum that pushes students to excel?

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Middlebury-area schools to consider governance under one board

Posted on January 24, 2013 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — A committee exploring ways to streamline operations within the Addison Central Supervisory Union is recommending that residents in the seven-town school district vote on a referendum that some believe could reduce bureaucracy and create more educational equality and opportunities for students.

Specifically, the ACSU Study Committee wants to hold a vote on whether to combine some, or all, ACSU schools into a Regional Education District, known as a RED.

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Accreditation team to evaluate MUHS this fall

MIDDLEBURY — As part of its periodic school accreditation process, Middlebury Union High School will host 16 educators for an on-site evaluation on Oct. 28-31. MUHS Principal William Lawson said the evaluation visit will be conducted under the direction of the Commission on Public Secondary Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

The visiting committee will be chaired by Joseph Damplo, a retired media services professional from Wellesley, Mass. He has had extensive experience in the association’s evaluation process.

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New middle school is in the works

Posted on October 11, 2012 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — While many other public and private schools in Vermont are coping with declining enrollment, the Aurora School in Middlebury is planning to add seventh- and eighth-grade classes next year in reaction to demand by local parents. School officials are currently scouting two possible Middlebury locations at which to base the new middle school.

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Teacher gives local students a taste of Thailand

Posted on October 8, 2012 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Her family and friends in her native Thailand call her by her given name, Chavaran Sriyan.

But to her colleagues and students at the Bridge School in Middlebury, she is simply known as “Angie.”

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Orwell school begins search for new leader

Posted on August 16, 2012 |
By Andrea Suozzo



ORWELL — The Orwell Village School Board earlier this month decided to begin the search for a new principal, releasing current Principal Susan DeCarolis from her current contract.

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