Irrepressible MUHS music teacher leaving on a high note

MIDDLEBURY — Legendary Middlebury Union High School music teacher Anne Severy is playing the final notes of a 40-year career symphony — but don’t be surprised if she returns to the stage for an encore in a substitute role. She’s decided to retire this June and has this to ponder: She’s been in school — as either a student or educator — every year of her life since 1964. Severy, who grew up in Connecticut, comes from a family of teachers. Both her parents were educators — her mom at the college level. Her ol … (read more)

VERGENNES — A twist of fate in the summer of ’78 led to Sue O’Daniel’s 42-year career as the Vergennes Union High School music teacher. Without that happenstance, a conversation at a University of Vermont summer music camp, generations of VUHS students wo … (read more)