Starksboro bids teacher farewell after 37 years

Jodi Lane’s teaching career began at Robinson Elementary School nearly four decades ago, just one day after the Vermont native received her diploma from the University of Northern Colorado.

It was around two decades ago that former Robinson Elementary School counselor Amy Johnston planted the seeds for a program that would connect students at the school with adults in the Starksboro community.

Robinson Elementary School has been awarded a $4,800 grant from the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS). The grant is made possible through a partnership between Robinson Elementary School and Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom. This grant will fund n … (read more)

Over the past three decades, Amy Johnston has become a key part of the Robinson Elementary School community. 

Starksboro’s Robinson Elementary School will welcome a new principal in July. 

Kerry Lake’s approach to teaching has largely been shaped by her experiences outside the classroom, and more specifically, outside the United States.

Starksboro’s effort to retain control over the future of Robinson Elementary School is set to culminate on Aug. 9, when voters in the other towns of the Mount Abraham Unified School District will vote on whether to ratify Starksboro’s vote to withdraw fro … (read more)

More than 200 registered voters turned out at the Robinson Elementary School multipurpose room to vote from the floor on a proposal to exit the Mount Abe school district, and the overwhelming majority said “yes” when the question was finally asked.

Starksboro, please vote yes on May 10 to save Robinson Elementary School.

Starksboro residents are being asked to attend a May 10 special town meeting to discuss, and vote from the floor, a petitioned request that the town withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District.

In just a couple of weeks, Starksboro voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on the future of Robinson Elementary School.

All elementary students in MAUSD benefit from the sharing of ideas and expertise among schools. The loss of any one school is a loss to the whole district.

Another Mount Abraham Unified School District community has officially launched a campaign to withdraw from the district.

I was a classroom teacher at Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro from 1999 until this past June.

I am writing as a citizen and former Robinson School Board member to express my concern about the school reconfiguration proposal recently floated by Superintendent Reen. I know that much study and deliberation has gone into the reconfiguration concept th … (read more)