State colleges, faculty reach tentative contract deal that would raise pay by...
The state and 285 faculty members of the Vermont State Colleges reached a tentative agreement Friday on a new three-year contract. Under the tentative deal, full-time faculty would receive wage...
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Crane collapses on downtown Montpelier church
A mechanical failure led to a crane collapsing on the roof of the Christ Episcopal Church on State Street in Montpelier on Monday. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger A crane that was in place to begin...
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Crane owner had recently settled legal dispute over bill
The crane truck from which an extension fell, landing on the Christ Episcopal Church in Montpelier and also damaging the truck. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger The owner of a crane that collapsed...
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Castleton University?
Castleton State College. Wikipedia image. When the newly formed Long Range Planning Committee of the Vermont State Colleges (VSC) system meets, one of the topics under discussion will be changing...
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UVM launches new incentive-based budgeting plan
The green at the University of Vermont. Photo by Daisy Benson/Flickr The University of Vermont is about to implement a new budgeting system that links how much academic programs receive to how much...
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State colleges’ panel begins talks on Castleton name change
Woodruff Hall. Wikipedia image.A proposed name change for Castleton State College was a key topic at the first meeting of the new Vermont State College (VSC) system’s Long Range Planning Committee on...
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City approves UVM’s plans for new 699-bed dormitory
Burlington’s Development Review Board has approved plans for two new dormitories on the University of Vermont campus. The review board approved the plans following a deliberative session on Monday...
View ArticleVermont State Colleges looking to work together
The Vermont State Colleges system is being squeezed by stagnant state appropriations and a decline in the number of Vermont students going on to higher education. Enrollment in the VSC system — which...
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With a message of hope and possibility, young moms graduate from Lund program
Five of the graduates in attendance at the Honoring Ceremony for the New Horizons Education Program on Tuesday. These five young mothers were presented with their high school diplomas; a sixth also...
View ArticleTech grant competition announced for Vermont schools
BARRE — Public schools in Vermont are invited to compete for technology grants and could win a cart filled with 20 Apple iPads or Google Chromebooks. The Educate/Innovate grant program is being offered...
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UVM students to live in hotel, apartment complex while new dorms are built
The new plans for the UVM dormitory on what’s currently University Place. Rendering obtained from public records in the City of Burlington. The University of Vermont has made provisions for the coming...
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Education reform architects take show on the road
John Miller speaks at a meeting at Woodbury Graded School. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger WOODBURY — Ten state legislators and the secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education spent Tuesday evening...
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348-acre farm donated to Vermont Technical College
(Clockwise from left) Jay Van Arman of Norwich, Charlie Dana, field foreman at Vermont Technical College and Mary Lou Bradley, current employee and former farm manager at Norwich Farms, chat quietly in...
View ArticleConcord upholds high school closing in second vote
Concord High School is destined to fade into history after a revote last week that affirmed a decision in April to close the school. In a reconsideration vote last week — forced by a petition —...
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Supreme Court orders hearing for fired Montpelier city planner
The state’s highest court has ordered Montpelier city officials to give fired planning director Gwendolyn Hallsmith a new post-termination grievance hearing. Former Montpelier planning and community...
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State colleges consider comprehensive website
The need for the Vermont State Colleges system to create a more user-friendly, one-stop-shopping website is one of the issues a new long-range planning committee has listed as a priority. The Community...
View ArticleGovernor signs expanded learning bill
Gov. Peter Shumlin recently signed into law H.480, now Act 48, which establishes a fund aimed at bringing expanded learning opportunities (ELOs) to communities across Vermont. Creation of the fund is...
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Legislature, governor, create child care commission
Robyn Freedner-Maguire, campaign director for Let’s Grow Kids. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger A lack of high-quality early learning opportunities for Vermont’s young children has led the Vermont...
View ArticleSchool districts across Vermont take a closer look at Act 46
Superintendents and school board leaders representing 23 supervisory unions in Vermont flocked to Montpelier last week, seeking guidance on how to begin tackling Act 46 – the new education governance...
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Experts warn Castleton name change may not alter enrollment
Aims McGuinness of the National Center for Higher Education Management addresses the long-range planning committee of the Vermont State College’s board of trustees, in Montpelier on Thursday. Photo...
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