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BRATTLEBORO-Sebastian Alvarez knows firsthand that not every student learns the same way.
Now the 16-year-old Brattleboro sophomore will get to make that case to the people who set education policy for the entire state.
The Neighborhood Schoolhouse, which had announced its permanent closure, will continue operations under the management of a new board of trustees and school administration. Ten short days after the school abruptly closed, its board issued an announcement on Feb. 15, crediting the decision to “the outpouring of support from the community on behalf of the school and its mission in response to our decision to close.” One day before, “members of the community presented a written proposal to keep the...
After recent spirited debate, the state Senate gave preliminary approval to a Brattleboro charter change that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in municipal elections. That change also would allow youth voters to run and serve as town meeting representatives and on the Selectboard. The vote was 20–9. At times, the debate on the virtual Senate floor on Feb. 11 offered glimpses of senators as parents. Sen. Ruth Hardy, D-Addison, a parent to a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, said,
Resident Erich Kruger was surprised when he received a postcard from the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) at his Hill Road home - addressed to someone who has never lived in the house in the 22 years he has been there since building it in 2000. “We do get junk mail from random people and that name has never shown up on anything else,” Kruger said Tuesday of the mailing announcing the March 1 Annual Town Meeting and Election. He...
A seeming lack of accountability regarding mislabeled masks being sent to schools and businesses has teacher Dan DeWalt worried and upset. “It's not about what happened or didn't happen in my school,” says the Leland & Gray Union High School woodshop teacher. “It's about the state got their hands on a bunch of fraudulently labeled masks, and they're not going to do anything about it.” It started with a shipment of masks to Leland & Gray early in the pandemic,
Local leaders in early childhood education are sharing simple strategies with families to help boost children's brain development starting at birth. Studies show that 80 percent of human brain development happens between birth and the age of 3. Learning gaps can be identified as early as age 2, says Community Project Coordinator Lisa Ford, who has been hired by Early Education Services, parent organization for Head Start and early Head Start programs. These programs offer early education services from birth...
Town officials have scheduled three public informational meetings prior to the March 1 Annual Town Meeting to explain the proposed budget and several warrant articles. The first was held Tuesday, Feb. 15, after press time, at the regular Selectboard meeting. It related to article #9, the proposed railroad station purchase. Approval of this article at annual meeting will add 1{1/2} cents to the current tax rate. You can review this meeting on Falls Area Community TV's website. Mike Smith and...
This year marks the 100th anniversary of not only the Harris Hill Ski Jump but the other contributions of Fred Harris to the fabric of his community: the Brattleboro Outing Club and the Brattleboro Winter Carnival, as well as the building that he built on Cedar Street. Harris headed off to Dartmouth College after graduating from Brattleboro High School in 1906 with, as he put it, “skeeing on the brain.” There, during his junior year, in 1910, he founded the...
Gov. Phil Scott teased the possibility Tuesday of ending or changing the statewide Covid-19 recommendation that K-12 schools require masks for their students and staff. At the same time, officials urged Vermonters to stay up to date on their vaccines, as the number of Vermonters seeking a booster has declined to the lowest point since adults became eligible for it. Several states, including New Jersey and Connecticut, recently announced they will end their school mask mandates in the near future...
Emma Rose Sheldon is a licensed clinical mental health counselor. BRATTLEBORO-I feel compelled to speak...
KATE TRZASKOS is executive director of the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance. BRATTLEBORO- What does the future...
The writer represents Windham-1 (Guilford and Vernon) in the Vermont Legislature. GUILFORD-Thank you to the...
Chloe Learey is executive director of the Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development.
BRATTLEBORO-For the first time since 2015, the Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) Annual Galbraith Lecture...
BRATTLEBORO-Sarasa Ensemble performs “Nordic Circle” at the Brattleboro Music Center on Friday, Nov. 13, at...
VERNON-Regional nonprofit Jazzhers will host a jazz clinic for female and nonbinary students in grades...
BRATTLEBORO-Peter Gould’s new novel, Part for the Hole, is about a guy who decides to...
-The Bellows Falls Terriers are now one victory away from winning the Division III state...
-There will be more soccer at Hayford Field in Wilmington this week as both of...
-It has been a great autumn of soccer in the Deerfield Valley so far this...
-The Twin Valley-Leland & Gray soccer rivalry is one of the best in Vermont as...
