Ripton Elementary School
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Ripton school, hit with resignations, could shrink even further
The town of Ripton, two years removed from a bruising battle to safeguard its elementary school, finds its public education hub in crisis. Parental backlash over a recently…
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Letter to the editor: Ripton school solutions need careful study
Like many who attended Monday night’s ACSD meeting, I left feeling incredibly disappointed with the board’s actions in the meeting. The discussion centered around immediately removing the K-2…
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Ripton students help feed hungry
Since January the 4/5 class at Ripton Elementary School has been providing lunches once a month for the homeless people at the Charter House in Middlebury.
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Cheresnick emerges as Ripton Elementary principal top choice
Megan Cheresnick has taught at all levels (except grade 4) during her almost eight-year career at Bridport Central School.
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Ripton searches for new principal
Ripton and Addison Central School District officials are searching for a new Ripton Elementary School leader to succeed current Principal Tracey Harrington, who will step down at the…
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Ripton, back with ACSD, will fight for local control
Ripton officials are vowing to press for rule changes at the state and local levels that would give the rural community, and others like it, more of a…
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Letter to the editor: Ripton’s voice could be lost
At our Ripton School Board Meeting about our upcoming Sept 29 vote, many in our community came together to hear and ask questions about the current situation. While…
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Ripton readies for vote on rejoining ACSD
Ripton residents on Thursday, Sept. 29, will be asked whether they’d like to end their two-year effort to separate from the Addison Central School District, a move townspeople…
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Letter to the editor: Ripton principal weighs in on upcoming referendum
We find ourselves nearing another important townwide vote on how to best educate our children given current education funding laws and state statutes.
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ACSD will consider new school closure rule
The Addison Central School District board has agreed to revisit the notion of amending its charter in a manner that would give the town of Ripton — and…
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State board: Ripton not ready to run its own school district
State says Ripton not ready to run its own school; town will vote on rejoining ACSD.
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State board of ed. leery of Ripton’s exit plan
If the final draft of the report is endorsed by the full state board this Friday, it would deal a major setback to Ripton’s long, arduous effort to…
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Ripton commits to leave school district in 2023
The Ripton School District board last week voted unanimously to stick to a path that would make the community’s new preK-12 school system operational during the summer of…
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Principal Harrington shifting out of Ripton
Ripton Elementary School will keep its part-time principal, Tracey Harrington, through the 2022-2023 academic year. But the school will need a new top administrator when Ripton fully transitions…
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Elementary students make art for Ukraine
Students at Ripton Elementary and Salisbury Community Schools have launched “Cards for Caring”, a service learning project to provide humanitarian relief for Ukraine.
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Ripton readies for new educational future
Ripton school officials said they’ll try to make the best of what they believe was an incorrect decision by the Vermont State Board of Education on Jan. 19…