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Area lawmakers pan Scott's education funding plan

Posted on February 9, 2017 |
By John Flowers



BRIDPORT — Local legislators on Monday criticized Gov. Phil Scott’s proposal that school districts budget the same amount of spending for fiscal year 2018 as they are for this year, saying such a move would unfairly restrict local budget planners and could run counter to a 20-year-old Vermont Supreme Court ruling on education funding.

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Bureaucratic snafu almost costs pre-K providers

Posted on September 15, 2016 |
By John Flowers



ADDISON COUNTY — An accord reached on Tuesday between the Vermont Agency of Education and the three Addison County school districts has defused what was looming as a significant financial hit for area parents and dozens of early education providers participating in the state’s new universal pre-K program.

At issue was a decision by Addison Central, Northeast and Northwest supervisory unions to delay implementation of the universal pre-K program, including payments to local providers.

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Stuff the Bus drive brings school supplies to county students

Posted on September 8, 2016 |
By Addison Independent



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ADDISON COUNTY — This year the staff at the United Way of Addison County hosted a back-to-school donation drive known as ‘Stuff the Bus!’ The donation drive was held by placing school buses and volunteers  for collecting supplies at three different locations around Addison County: Vergennes, Bristol and Middlebury.

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Opinion: Vermont Technical College offers pathway to quality jobs

Posted on November 19, 2015 |
By Brenan Riehl and Dan Smith



This week’s writers are Brenan Riehl, president and CEO of GW Plastics, and Dan Smith, President of Vermont Tech.

Across the state of Vermont, our demographics and the workforce are a challenge that everyone acknowledges. The state has seen a decline in the number of school-aged youth. Levels of aptitude and lack of preparation in math and science are undermining college and career readiness. Employers across the state are in need of skilled workers and are increasingly faced with a skills gap among new recruits.

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Group surveys families’ interest in pre-­kindergarten

Posted on September 14, 2015 |
By Addison Independent



ADDISON COUNTY — Act 166, a law passed by the Legislature in 2014, mandates that Vermont school districts provide 10 hours/week for 35 weeks (school-year) of pre-kindergarten to 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children (not in kindergarten) at no cost to families.

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Special education offering faces big changes at same time that it receives big kudos

Posted on September 3, 2015 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — You’ll have to excuse educators with the county’s Diversified Occupations (D.O.) program if they are a little perplexed these days.

On the one hand, the Vermont Public Broadcasting Service has just hailed D.O. as one of four exemplary “champions” of education in Vermont for 2015, an honor that will include an award and a televised tribute during the month of September.

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Opinion: Where have all the young ones gone?

Posted on August 31, 2015 |
By William J. Mathis



In our national dialogue, education reform has been reduced to recitations about “international economic competitiveness” poorly garnished with a myopic sprinkling of test scores. But two recent Vermont reports suggest we embrace a broader and more interactive view of society and education. One is the Vermont Roots Migration Project released last December comparing young people who stayed in the state with those who left. The second is the Department of Labor’s workforce projections.

The key findings of the Vermont Roots report:

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Summer college courses give high schoolers a head start

Posted on May 22, 2015 |
By Addison Indepdendent



BURLINGTON – Gov. Peter Shumlin joined with students, Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Jeb Spaulding, and others on Tuesday  to encourage Vermonters to apply for summer dual enrollment courses ahead of upcoming registration deadlines.

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Editorial: Vermont Senate is right on track with education reform

Posted on April 27, 2015 |
By Angelo S. Lynn



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Education plan faces hurdles in state Senate

Posted on April 16, 2015 |
By John Flowers



SHOREHAM — The Education finance reform bill approved by the Vermont House last Thursday would accomplish three things, according to Rep. David Sharpe: set a statewide education property tax rate, cap school spending for three years and create larger school districts.

The Bristol Democrat, who chairs the House Education Committee, described the bill at a Legislative Breakfast in Shoreham on Monday, where local lawmakers also shared details of what has already been a busy April in the Statehouse.

Bill H.361, as described by Sharpe on Monday, would:

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