community forum
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Community Forum: Vermont needs paid family leave
As we strive to build a state that works for everyone, it’s a harsh reality that almost 75% of Vermont workers lack access to paid family and medical…
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Community Forum: Act 127 has sustainability issue
Vermont’s very well-intentioned attempt to make education funding more equitable has created confusion for school boards, school officials and taxpayers.
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Community Forum: Actionable steps for mental health
Our community faces a multifaceted crisis where these issues not only strain our resources but also impact the safety and well-being of our most vulnerable residents.
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Community Forum: Schools penalized in budget battle
While the implementation of Act 127 has been challenging, I feel it has highlighted a larger issue facing Vermont, which is that our current system for education is…
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Community Forum: Act 127 fuels school funding woes
I am here to provide testimony on behalf of the Addison Northwest School District regarding the implications of ACT 127 on the FY25 budgeting process.
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Community Forum: Government must problem solve
The heart of effective governance lies in the intricate task of problem-solving, an inherent aspect of policymaking, legislating, and governing in our democratic society. Regardless of our roles…
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Community Forum: Time for a regional high school
It’s time for us to have a conversation about a single high school/tech center for all of Addison County!
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Community forum: All must stand united for the Earth
For years, my generation has been defined as the “climate generation,” the generation that will fix all of the damage done to global health and climate change post-Industrial…
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Community Forum: Markers remind us of human race
What happens to us when we die? There are two ways to look at this. One is philosophical, religious, the other is earthlier.
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Community Forum: It’s time for ‘Optimization 3.0’
Finally responding to years of mounting debt within the Vermont State Colleges System, the Vermont Legislature in 2020 convened the Select Committee on the Future of Public Higher…
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Community forum: A troubled world, and the yearning to heal
At Middlebury College, students in my courses “Writing to Heal” and “The Rhetorics of Death” grapple with a profound incredulity: we couldn’t have anticipated the world’s swift descent…
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Community forum: Hospital boards advancing wrong priorities
I have grave ethical concerns about the behavior, governance, and board leadership at the UVM Health Network and its network of Vermont hospitals (Porter, Central VT, and UVM…
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Community forum: Can we disagree like adults?
As the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife’s social media leads, Joshua Morse and I get a front row seat to the good, the bad and the ugly…
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Community forum: ACSD response to racism fell short
I must candidly convey that the mention of my name within the article did not feel like appreciation. Instead, it felt more like an attempt to dismiss Esther…
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Community forum: Poverty limits school success
It’s no surprise that the latest educational report of the widening gap in student performance in Vermont’s public schools is between students of means and those who live…
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Community forum: ACSD is taking concrete steps to fight racism
We hear community members calling for us to do better and to respond. We want to share with certainty: We have moved beyond acknowledging the problem. We are…