schools
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MAUSD stories: Rural Vermont learning in the midst of COVID-19
Editor’s note: This is a project of the Mount Abraham Unified School District’s Community Engagement Committee (CEC). The Addison Independent is hosting this content as a service to…
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Editorial: Schools face looming deficits
At this stage of the pandemic-induced financial crisis we are about to face, it’s difficult to imagine how severe the upcoming recession will be. Preliminary numbers in Vermont…
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Lunches keep kids connected to their schools
MIDDLEBURY — During the past few weeks Middlebury Union High School hasn’t been serving up as much nourishment for the mind as it typically does; the coronavirus has…
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Schools dismissed for the rest of the academic year
VERMONT — Governor Phil Scott today directed schools to remain dismissed through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Districts will close schools for in-person instruction and be required to…
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ACSD revises its plans for meal delivery
MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District has had to modify its school breakfast/lunch delivery program based on new guidelines from the United States Department of Agriculture, which…
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Farm-to-school grants offered to schools, day care
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets (VAAFM) is now accepting applications for the Farm to School Infrastructure Grant program. This grant program helps schools…
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Vermont schools to close on Wednesday due to coronavirus; ACSD closed Tuesday
UPDATED: Addison Central School District officials late Monday announed that the Middlebury-area schools would close to students on Tuesday, a day earlier than previously planned. ADDISON COUNTY —…
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County schools preparing to respond to virus
ADDISON COUNTY — Local school officials are closely monitoring the arrival of the coronavirus in Vermont. None have plans to close schools at this point, but all say…
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When sexual assault victims and their offenders cross paths at school
Editor’s note: This story involves juvenile court cases, the details of which are sealed by the courts. The parents of victims in the case have agreed to speak…
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Letter to the editor: Editorial was a must-read
For anyone who missed Angelo Lynn’s editorial in the Nov. 21 issue of this newspaper I am urging everyone to go back and read it. Read it again.…
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Editorial: A collaborative approach serves school districts best
The lesson to be learned from the upcoming votes within the Addison Northwest School District to close the elementary schools in Addison and Ferrisburgh is plain: When a…
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Letter to the editor: Small towns need schools
The ACSD School Board seems to be moving quickly in the direction of closing town schools. I strongly urge everyone from all towns to pay attention and become…
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Editorial: Let small schools prove themselves
On a local level, the issue of our times is how our newly formed school districts navigate through an era in which declining student numbers and rising costs…
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Editorial: Community Discussions – Pros and cons of school consolidation is next
In the third of our summer series of discussion points, we’ll launch a one-time discussion into Act 46, the bill passed three years ago that mandated a consolidation…