Caledonia North teachers, board at impasse on contract
The Caledonia North Supervisory Union (CNSU), serving the school districts of Burke, East Haven, Lyndon, Miller’s Run Unified District #37 (Sheffield and Wheelock), Newark and Sutton, announced the SU...
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Pollina, VSEA express concerns over DEC workers’ move from Barre
Gov. Peter Shumlin and Deb Markowitz, secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources.The Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed moving eight workers from its regional office in Barre to...
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State Board of Education meeting focuses on governance reform law
Rebecca Holcombe, secretary of the Agency of Education, speaks about the new education governance reform bill at a meeting of the State Board of Education on Thursday at the Okemo Mountain Resort....
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Veterans to be given in-state tuition in Vermont, nation
Community College of Vermont President Joyce Judy, left, speaks at a news conference Monday at the CCV campus in Montpelier. David Carlson, center, the coordinator of veteran student services at the...
View ArticleCrop Cash program to allow 3SquaresVT benefit to be doubled at farmers’ markets
Vermonters using their 3SquaresVT benefits will be able to receive more help to buy fresh fruit and vegetables for their families through a new program called Crop Cash, Hunger Free Vermont announced...
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State releases special education spending report
Amy Fowler, deputy secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger LUDLOW — School districts spending exceptionally high or low amounts on special education are included...
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Stowe school directors vote to keep school district autonomous
Dave McAllister, a member of the Morristown School Board, speaks during a joint meeting of the Elmore-Morristown Unified Union Study Committee and the Stowe School District Board of Directors on...
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UVM fundraising commitments break record, more than $60 million promised
UVM President Tom Sullivan. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger BURLINGTON – Fundraising commitments secured by the University of Vermont Foundation have broken records for the fiscal year which ended...
View ArticleState Board of Education OKs 10 education programs
LUDLOW — The State Board of Education recently approved 10 educational programs, including licenses for independent schools, special education programs and general education programs. The approvals...
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Community Kitchen Academy reclaims food, and people
BARRE — A program that uses donated food that would otherwise go to waste is also a training ground for people returning to the workforce. On Friday, seven culinary students who spent the past 13...
View ArticleSome Castleton faculty feel left out of name change consideration
A move to change the name of Castleton State College to Castleton University is not sitting well with the some faculty at the college. An anonymous letter was circulated to media in Vermont, including...
View ArticleACLU of Vermont announces two new staff attorneys
The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont has hired two attorneys to work as staff attorneys/public advocates. Jay Diaz of Williston comes to the ACLU after serving as a staff attorney with Vermont...
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Ending loophole in corporate ownership rule could fund federal pre-K
Vermont education officials are applauding an attempt by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., to end a loophole that allows U.S. companies to avoid tax liabilities if they are 20 percent foreign-owned. Tax revenues...
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Addison Northeast superintendent fights efforts to oust him
A federal mediator from New York was recently in Vermont, interviewing dozens of stakeholders about the management performance of David Adams, the superintendent of the Addison Northeast Supervisory...
View ArticleGoddard College reaches contract agreement with faculty, staff unions
Goddard College faculty and staff have approved a new, three-year union contract ending a 27-month negotiation period, the college announced Tuesday. “This is a contract that management and labor...
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State Board of Ed toils through summer to prepare for Act 46 school mergers
State Board of Education Chairman Stephan Morse. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger The State Board of Education has held sessions through the summer and is forming two new committees, one on educational...
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VSC planning committee advances Castleton State College name change
Woodruff Hall at Castleton College. Wikipedia image. Castleton State College is on its way to becoming Castleton University. At a committee meeting of the Vermont State Colleges’ Board of Trustees on...
View ArticleFormer Green Mountain Valley School teacher loses license for a year
The Vermont Agency of Education confirmed this week that a teacher at the Green Mountain Valley School in Fayston agreed to have his license suspended for one year, following an incident that occurred...
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St. Johnsbury officials consider homeless shelter
Susan Cherry, chair of the St. Johnsbury Planning Commission, shows a map of the town at a public hearing last week where language about overnight transitional shelters was discussed. Photo by Amy Ash...
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Vermont pension board will not divest from fossil fuels
Carl Martin, right, of Montpelier attends a meeting on Tuesday of the Vermont Pension Investment Committee. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger The Vermont Pension Investment Committee (VPIC) voted...
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