We’ve Been Here Before


  • Clippings: 1966 series was a labor of love

    Clippings: 1966 series was a labor of love

    I’ve become an archive nerd. I know there are some people who will read this and cheer, but for the other 99.9%, I’ll explain. A couple of years…

  • Clippings: 1966 series was a labor of love

    Clippings: 1966 series was a labor of love

    I’ve become an archive nerd.I know there are some people who will read this and cheer, but for the other 99.9%, I’ll explain.A couple of years ago, in…

  • In education, what does ‘local control’ mean?

    In education, what does ‘local control’ mean?

    Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan to…

  • 1966 set the stage for today’s school districts

    1966 set the stage for today’s school districts

    Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan to…

  • 1966: A brief summary

    In an Aug. 12, 1966, article about a forthcoming school vote in New Haven, the Independent summed up the previous 15 months of topsy-turvy school organization discussions in…

  • 1966: School districts part ways

    1966: School districts part ways

    Editor’s note: This is the fifth story in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan…

  • 1966: Back to square one for schools… again

    1966: Back to square one for schools… again

    Editor’s note: This is the fourth story in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan…

  • 1966: ‘Harris report’ stirs up county educators

    Editor’s note: This is the third in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan to…

  • 1966: State & local officials spar over schools

    1966: State & local officials spar over schools

    Editor’s note: This is the second story in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan…

  • We’ve Been Here Before: A 7-part series about past upheaval in local schools

    We’ve Been Here Before: A 7-part series about past upheaval in local schools

    Editor’s note: “We’ve Been Here Before” is a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan to…

  • Where are we supposed to put the kids — a tent on the lawn?

    Where are we supposed to put the kids — a tent on the lawn?

    Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious…