Letter to the editor: Schools need different governing structure

As a former special education teacher, I was dismayed, saddened and angry as I listened to teachers at the Oct. 12 Mount Abraham Union School District school board meeting.

Today I saw that a local town has elementary students who terrorize the classrooms, including the teachers, and get away with it. Huh? You are kidding me, right?

A Bristol Elementary School teacher broke down in tears during Tuesday night’s school board meeting as she tried to describe an incident she and her students had experienced the previous Thursday.

Teachers spoke of incidents in recent days and weeks when “children were hiding and crying in fear and staff members were injured.

BRISTOL — In July a new face will be roaming the halls of Bristol Elementary School.David Wells, who is currently the superintendent of the Barre Unified Union School District, has been hired as interim principal at the school, following the resignation o … (read more)

BRISTOL — Bristol Elementary School (BES) now boasts a pollinator garden on its campus. It took a village to create a natural space for Bristol children to explore. Parents, inspired by the joy their children experienced during the school’s Forest Days, w … (read more)

BRISTOL — For nearly three decades, under the guidance of art teacher Deb Rickner, each graduating sixth-grader at Bristol Elementary School (BES) has created a personal design and painted it onto one cinderblock of the building’s interior. “The project m … (read more)

BRISTOL — Bristol Elementary School Interim Principal Thomas Buzzell has been selected as the school’s next permanent principal, Mount Abraham Unified School District Superintendent Patrick Reen confirmed this week. Reen said the search committee’s weeks- … (read more)

BRISTOL — Bristol Elementary School is having a month long artist in residency with the Swing Peepers. Each class is spending five hours with the singer/songwriters John Hadden and Matthew Witten creating and performing a song. Hadden and Witten are accom … (read more)

Editor’s note: Due to inclement weather, the BES Principal Finalists meet and greet with the community scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 6, was postponed. The event was rescheduled for this Thursday, Feb. 13, 5:30-7 p.m. at Bristol Elementary School, between t … (read more)

UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, the BES Principal Finalists meet and greet with the community scheduled for today, Thursday, Feb. 6, will be rescheduled. More information as it becomes available.  Click here to see the new day and time. BRISTOL — Two ca … (read more)