Letter to the editor: ACSD sixth-grade teachers face an uncertain future

Dear ACSD 6th-Grade Teachers, I see you and appreciate you. I’ve had the pleasure to work with many of you, and I want you to know that I can’t imagine the present you face as you stare at such an uncertain future for next year and years to come. You have been told you won’t teach 6th grade next year. You’ve been told that MUMS won’t make room for additional classroom teachers as it welcomes 6th-grade students next year, for the first time. You might hold on to your jobs because of your seniority in the dis … (read more)

For full disclosure from the start, my wife is a teacher at MUMS, with 20+ years of service and dedication; I am a former middle school teacher; and my daughter will be in the first sixth-grade class to attend MUMS if the move goes through as currently pl … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Students returned to classes just seven weeks ago, but Middlebury Union Middle School officials are already getting ready for next fall, which will signal a landmark event in MUMS’s 25-year history. When the curtain comes up on the 2021-2022 … (read more)