Education
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ANWSD students excel on History Day
Fourteen Addison Northwest School District students in grades 7-12 competed — and five individuals and one team won awards — in the Vermont Historical Society’s annual Vermont History…
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Mt. Abe is in national Scholars’ Bowl
Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School in Bristol proved themselves worthy to play on a national stage. On Friday, April 25, the team will represent their school in a…
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Slate Valley schools earn voters’ OK for budget
Orwell voters on Tuesday joined other Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) residents in approving a revised fiscal year 2026 public education budget of $31,623,010.
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Longtime teacher part of Ripton’s graduating class
It will be a bittersweet graduation this June for the handful of Ripton Elementary School 5th-graders who’ll have the poignant distinction of being perhaps the last class to…
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Chan hired as MUMS assistant principal
Fieh Chan will officially succeed Zach Jerome as MUMS assistant principal. Since 2019 he has served in that same role at Milton Elementary School.
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Sumner to lead Beeman Elementary School
A new principal will take the helm of Beeman Elementary School in July. The Mount Abraham Unified School District has hired Stephanie Sumner to succeed Travis Park as…
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Vergennes students honored for culinary skills, teamwork
A team of Vergennes Union Middle School students was honored for its culinary skills and teamwork at the 15th Annual Junior Iron Chef Vermont Competition, held on March…
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Lawmakers talk education funding
The Vermont House was expected to vote this week on a bill H.454, House Education Committee blueprint for revamping the financing and delivery of public-school services.
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Orwell voters to field revised school budget
Orwell voters will go to the polls on April 15 to consider a revised fiscal year 2026 Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) that is $463,256 less…
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Sears to leave Salisbury principal job, return to teaching at MUMS
Longtime Addison Central School District educator Bjarki Sears later this spring will see his career as an educator come full circle. On June 1, he’ll officially step down…
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Editorial: Calm, not chaos, needed when changing Vt’s education system
As Vermont tackles education reform, two visions have emerged: a radical consolidation of the current 52 school districts to 5 large regional districts as proposed by Gov. Scott…
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Ripton Elementary will close this fall
The Addison Central School District board on Monday voted unanimously to shutter tiny Ripton Elementary School for the 2025-26 academic year while it sizes up the future of…
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Bridport & Shoreham schools to join forces?
For the first time, elementary schools in both Bridport and Shoreham are slated to offer all multi-grade classrooms beginning this fall. It’s a product of declining enrollment and…
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MAUSD students, community helping to shape district’s future
The Mount Abraham Unified School District Board last week heard from students and school officials about the district’s work with UP for Learning, an educational consultant helping the…
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Students in Lincoln explore Estonian culture
The Lincoln Community School was abuzz this past Thursday, when over 100 students, staff and community members gathered inside the elementary school for what seemed like a trip…
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Legislative Review: House panel offers education path
On Friday, Vermont’s House Committee on Education voted out its much anticipated “Education Transformation” bill, echoing but not copying many of the shared goals with Gov. Scott. The…