Letter to the editor: New candidates good choices for ACSD board

I am supporting Jess Venable-Novak and Ron Makleff for ACSD School Board. I encourage you to join me. At this challenging time for our schools and communities, we need new voices and creative thinkers to advocate for our students and make sure they all feel welcome in our schools.

I am writing to urge others in joining me in voting for Ellen Whelan-Wuest in Cornwall, Ron Makleff in Middlebury, and Hilda Stone in Bridport for ACSD Board.

We are parents of a kindergartner and have generations of roots in our rural towns and schools. We are writing to ask our community to support us in voting for Jamie McCallum and Joanna Doria for ACSD Board on March 1.

Being stuck at home all day has probably inspired more than a few of us to revisit our passion projects and hobbies that have just been collecting dust in the basement for months. For Lauren Ringey of Cornwall the isolation of COVID-19 has reignited a cre … (read more)