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All in Education
Despite fears that the merger of Essex, Essex Junction and Westford into one school district would unfairly allocate taxes, interviews and student success metrics show a unified district eases communication among schools, reduces overall spending and benefits students academically.
Susan Rosato, Vermont’s 2021 teacher of the year, has learned the hard way how to best conduct a class from her home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Charlotte parents have raised concerns that their children are getting an inequitable amount of live instruction time compared to other schools in the district, echoing concerns Hinesburg parents previously raised to school officials.
CNS reporter Annika Ringen was able to speak with Leanne Day Harple--as well as her mother, Peggy Day Gibson--about the experience of homeschooling her children (particularly her son Atticus) during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how her extended family has been contributing to that effort.
A ventilation and energy expert has continued to raise concerns that Winooski’s schools — and likely many other schools in the northeast — will be inadequate to effectively filter the virus that causes COVID-19 once the weather becomes too cold to keep windows open.
Between updating safety plans, crafting daily emails for students, and empathy training alongside district leaders, South Burlington High School principal Patrick Burke is busy these days.
Concerns that Hinesburg students, especially middle-schoolers, are getting less live instruction time than other district students dominated discussion at the Champlain Valley School District school board meeting, Tuesday, Oct 20.
Students returned to Champlain Valley Union High School this week under a hybrid learning model where cohorts of students are in-person on alternating days — leaving plenty of time for cleaning.
A new hybrid system has been set in place for the Winooski School District in order for schools to open their doors safely to students during COVID-19.
A difficult conversation hovers over the shoulders of school districts around the world this fall—how to return to the classroom.
