racism
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Letter to the editor: Charlestin shows courage in speaking out
Esther Charlestin was incredibly helpful to us last year in helping our son (and us) adjust to Middle School and creating a 504 plan. I know it wasn’t…
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Letter to the editor: Racism is real here in Addison County
I am writing in support of Esther Charlestin, the previous Dean of Climate & Culture at Middlebury Union Middle School. I am asking our community to hear the…
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ACSD responds to MUMS racism
The Addison Central School District has announced new and ongoing efforts to battle racism and intolerance in wake of the recent resignation of Middlebury Union Middle School Dean…
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MUMS dean cites racism as a factor in resignation
Middlebury Union Middle School’s first-ever dean of climate & culture has resigned from her job after only one year.
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Community forum: ACSD must confront racism
I share my story for those who feel invisible, who can’t speak because it could jeopardize their jobs, for those whose BIPOC children are struggling and they have…
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Racial incident at Bristol Elementary sparks community response
Two weeks after a student of color at Bristol Elementary School was twice called a racial slur, around a dozen community members stood before the school board on…
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Tigers, Hornets decry racism
Before the girls’ basketball game at Middlebury Union High School between the Tigers and visiting Enosburg Tuesday, two members of each team took turns reading a prepared statement…
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Citing racism, MUHS girls’ basketball team skip game at Enosburg Falls
Members of the MUHS girls’ basketball team chose not to travel to Enosburg Falls High School for a game this past Thursday citing a history of racist harassment…
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Survey gauges bias in shire town
A majority of Middlebury residents believe their community is a great place in which to live and raise children, but some believe the town should do more to…
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CSAC releases its anti-racism statement
At its September board meeting the Counseling Service of Addison County Board of Directors unanimously voted to issue a statement affirming CSAC’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist organization.
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Middlebury student pleads innocent to misdemeanors
A white Middlebury College student who police allege took part in a racist attack on some Black students on campus this past April this week pleaded innocent to…
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Letter to the editor: Let’s take a stand against racism
When I was a teenager, after reading the “Diary of Anne Frank,” I always asked myself if I had lived in Germany in the 1930s, would I have…
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Letter to the editor: Racism is getting worse; time to act is now
I was born in 1943 and in the 1960s I became aware of what racism meant.
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Community forum: Racial attack echoes in Vermont history
Racism punched Vermonters hard in the face with the shotgun attack by three white night-riders on the home of a Black minister in Irasburg in the early hours…
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Jewish kids at Mount Abe express concerns
In the wake of events at Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School last week, three Jewish students at the school have written a joint statement detailing their concerns about…
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MUHS students raise the BLM flag
MIDDLEBURY — More than 80 Middlebury Union High School students stood shoulder-to-shoulder during a picture-perfect Friday afternoon to witness the raising of the Black Lives Matter banner on…