All Entries in the "Education News" Category
Sharpe on Act 46: Were we hoodwinked? Former legislator looks at promises, realities of consolidation
By David Sharpe I am distressed by the proposals for school closings in Addison County. The legislature’s education committees took many weeks of testimony over a six-year period regarding how we move forward as a state in providing quality education for Vermont children in a way that taxpayers could afford. As the chairman of the […]
GMUSD Finance Committee meeting agenda for Monday Jan. 6
The Finance Committee of the Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold a budget meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday Jan. 6 at Green Mountain High School, 716 Rt. 103 South in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions & Deletions) III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES : a. […]
TRSU proposes cutting GM educational priorities
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Three weeks after the Finance Committee of the Green Mountain Unified School District asked the Two Rivers Supervisory Union to come back with a budget that would include several of its education priorities while trying to keep the per pupil cost as low as possible, members received […]
TRSU board agenda for Jan. 2, 2020
The Two Rivers Supervisory Union board will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Jan. 2, 2020 at the Cavendish Town Elementary School, 573 Main Street, Proctorsville. Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: a. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions & Deletions) III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a. December 05, […]
College News
Robert Haseltine of Chester has been named to the Dean’s List at Paul Smith’s College, located in Paul Smiths, N.Y., for the fall 2019 semester. Haseltine, majoring in Fisheries and Wildlife Science, earned a semester average of 3.3 or higher to receive this distinctio Holly Landon of Chester was one of several Elmira College students […]
3 Vt. SMS students to compete in Youth Olympics
Four students at the Stratton Mountain School — three of whom are from Vermont — will represent the United States at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games, taking place between Jan. 9 and 22, 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The students and their sport are: Will Koch of Peru, class of 2020, Cross Country Skiing; Nina Seeman […]
GM Finance Committee agenda for Dec. 30
The Finance Committee of the Green Mountain Unified School District will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 30 in the Art Room of Cavendish Town Elementary School, 573 Main St. Below is its agenda. The board continues to seek public participation into its budget. I. CALL TO ORDER: II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: […]
2 approaches: Green Mountain, Ludlow-Mt. Holly school boards tackle spending LMH over the 'excess spending' threshold
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The two districts that make up the Two Rivers Supervisory Union are wrestling with controlling the spending in their FY 2021 budgets this year as one looks to increase its educational offerings and accommodate more students, while the other tries to manage the Act 46 downsizing that […]
GM school board, Cavendish library trustees seek solution over safety concerns
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing, LLC There was plenty to talk about – apart from the budget/governance related rumpus – at the Dec. 12 meeting of the Green Mountain Unified School District board, including a tour and discussion of the Cavendish Library and its relationship with the adjoining elementary school. Before the 6 […]
What’s your experience? Telegraph seeks perspective of special ed. families, teachers
© 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Are you the parent of a current or former special education student within the Two Rivers Supervisory Union? Would you share your perspective on the education your child received or is receiving? Are you a teacher or a former special ed student who would like to share your unique point […]
TRSU superintendent criticizes GM board budget decisions Powden: 'The spirit of collaboration is no longer there'
By Shawn Cunningham ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two Rivers Supervisory Union’s Meg Powden used her superintendent’s report at Thursday’s board meeting to chastise the Green Mountain Unified School District Board of Directors for what she said was its attitude toward a number of administration initiatives. “Indulge me,” said Powden, asking TRSU board members to look […]
TRSU pushes consolidations in transportation, food service, GM priority programs
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last week, a new committee of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union began discussing a plan to merge the transportation operation of the Green Mountain Unified School District with that of the Ludlow-Mount Holly Unified Union School District under one full-time transportation director as early as next July. […]
Little School, Weston office to work on joint backup generator
By Bruce Frauman ©2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Little School and the Town of Weston are hoping to work together to purchase and install a power backup system that will keep both the school and the Town Office running during outages. The new director of the Little School came to the Weston Select Board on […]
TRSU board agenda for Dec. 5
The board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5 at Black River High School , 43 Main St. in Ludlow. Below is its agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: a. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions & Deletions) III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a. Nov. 05, […]
GM budget panel nixes CAES preschool, urges fund-raising for CTES playground Puts money into STEAM, literacy, early foreign language
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain Unified School District Finance Committee rejected a number of administration initiatives on Monday night in favor of fully funding the priorities it established at a September retreat. The committee took up a two page document titled Administration Priorities, quickly calling it a “wish list.” […]
Budget requests on GM finance agenda Monday include bank building, new CTES playground Panel seeks public input from Baltimore Andover, Cavendish, Chester
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Nov. 12 meeting, the Green Mountain Unified School District Finance Committee expressed its desire for public participation in its decision-making and asked The Telegraph to publicize that. The Telegraph, in turn asked that all documents to be used in the meetings be made public in […]
GMUSD finance panel urges public participation
By Shawn Cunningham © 2019 Telegraph Publishing LLC If you live in the Green Mountain Unified School District, the Finance Committee of the Green Mountain District Board wants you. Noting that in past budget cycles, budget committees have recruited the public to become members and bring different perspectives to the table, committee chair Deb Brown […]
News analysis: Better process would yield better school budgets
By Shawn Cunningham © Telegraph Publishing LLC Two Rivers Supervisory Union Business Manager Cheryl Hammond recently told the Green Mountain Unified School District Board that the district ended the 2018/2019 school year with a deficit of approximately $149,000 or about 1.2 percent of the overall budget. That’s not especially surprising considering the fact that among […]
GM honors Angelae Wunderle with DAR award
Angelae Wunderle, a senior at Green Mountain Union High School, has been chosen by her teachers and peers as the school’s Daughters of the American Revolution recipient. The DAR Good Citizens Program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The recipient must have the qualities of dependability, service, […]
GMUSD board meeting agenda for Nov. 21, 2019
The Green Mountain Unified School District board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 21, 2019 in the art room at Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main Street in Chester. Below is its agenda: I. CALL TO ORDER: a. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions & Deletions) III. APPROVAL OF […]
