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Afghan students find new hope

Posted on September 9, 2010 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Two weeks ago, most members of this year’s incoming class at the Gailer School were soaking up some rays at the beach, playing ball, catching a flick at the movie theater or just chilling out at home.

Meanwhile, two of the school’s newest enrollees were almost a half a world away, preparing for a hazardous, life-changing journey through a war-torn countryside to board a plane for the safer climes of Addison County, Vermont.

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ANwSU, teachers on brink of deal

Posted on September 9, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



VERGENNES — After nearly nine months of negotiations, teachers and Addison Northwest Supervisory Union officials have come to a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract.

Superintendent Tom O’Brien said that the contract, pending approval by the supervisory union board, will maintain the status quo on salary and benefit levels for teachers at the Vergennes-area schools, with the addition of the already budgeted salary increases.

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Lincoln weighs school options

Posted on September 9, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



LINCOLN — After months of deliberation, the Lincoln Community School building committee has recommended major renovations and expansions to the aging school. After further study of the options and a public comment period, the full school board plans to seek voter support on Nov. 2 for a bond of between $3.5 and $4.2 million to pay for the work.

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ANwSU to look at unification in a new light

Posted on September 2, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — With a new law in place offering more incentives for school districts to consolidate, Addison Northwest Supervisory Union officials have scheduled a series of public meetings this fall to explore the possibility of a Town Meeting Day 2011 unification vote.

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Leaders team up at local school

Posted on September 2, 2010 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — The start of classes this week at Mary Hogan Elementary signaled the beginning of a new leadership structure at the Middlebury school.

Longtime Principal Bonnie Bourne and Associate Principal Tom Buzzell are now listed as co-principals. The move, according to ID-4 School Board Chairwoman Lucy Schumer, is intended to better reflect the shared responsibilities at the school.

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Op/Ed: Governor urges restraint when using $19 million in fed funds for schools

Posted on August 30, 2010 |
By Gov. James Douglas



Vermont, like the rest of the country, has been forced to adjust to new fiscal realities as a result of the Great Recession.  Throughout state government we have sought to rein in public spending to alleviate the strain on tax paying Vermonters who cannot afford an even greater burden.  As we emerge from this economic downturn, it is critical that we maintain fiscal discipline and seek to reduce taxes so that we can maintain and create jobs in Vermont.

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Professor takes science to area elementary school pupils

Posted on August 19, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



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MIDDLEBURY — Most elementary school students would not have the slightest idea what to do in a college biology lab.

But seeing his 4- and 7-year-old daughters in the lab was exactly what inspired Middlebury College biology professor Jeremy Ward to apply for a National Science Foundation grant to teach genetic biology to schoolchildren in Addison County.

“They don’t know that they’re not supposed to be able to do it,” said Ward of his daughters. “When I watch (them) in here and say ‘Do this,’ they go and do it.”

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Federal bill may offer schools aid

Posted on August 12, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



ADDISON COUNTY — A federal jobs bill passed by the U.S. House this week allocates just over $19 million to prevent potential layoffs of Vermont public employees — most of whom would be teachers. It provided a glimmer of hope for officials at local schools this week as they began to grapple with a mandate last week by Vermont Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca to cut school spending in Vermont by more than $23 million in fiscal year 2012.

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Orwell voters approve school ventilation repair funding

Posted on July 1, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



ORWELL — At a special meeting on June 29, Orwell voters OK’d a plan for the school district to borrow $43,000 for repairs on the Orwell Village School building’s aging heating and ventilation system.

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RNeSU rethinking lunchtime

Posted on June 24, 2010 |
By Andrea Suozzo



BRANDON — Next year, students at the Whiting Village School will probably no longer have to pack their lunches.

Instead, a new foodservice contract that is being negotiated within the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union (RNeSU) could allow Whiting Village School for the first time to offer its students nutritious, in-school breakfasts and lunches.

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