STARKSBORO — Teacher Ruth Beecher has a keen ear for “teachable moments.” Last week, engineer Fred McKnight visited her grades 5/6 class at Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro and explained that after his firm, Turner Building Science and Design, collects indoor air quality data in the Mount Abraham Unified School District, he would summarize that data in a report. Beecher wanted to be sure her students had heard him correctly. “So you have to write reports?” she asked. Oh, yes, McKnight said, seeming … (read more)
