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College News
Vermont State University, consisting of Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College, announces local student who have been named to the fall 2023 President’s List. To qualify for this academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 4.0. Those students are: Katelyn Ferris of Springfield Teolyn […]
Cavendish Town Elementary among Vermont schools recognized for asthma mitigation
©2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Cavendish Town Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Vermont to be recognized by the state Department of Health’s “Asthma-friendly school” initiative for their commitment to asthma-control strategies to support the lung health of their students. Cavendish is among five schools that have earned a Gold designation, which also includes: […]
TRSU board picks OSSD Super Millington as new superintendent
By Shawn Cunningham © Telegraph Publishing LLC After interviewing two candidates and after nearly 90 minutes of deliberation, the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Board voted 4-2 on Thursday night to offer the job of superintendent to Layne Millington, who currently is superintendent with the Orange Southwest Supervisory District, based in the town of Randolph. He […]
College News
Elias Allende Stowell Alemán of Proctorsville has earned a spot on the fall 2023 Dean’s List at Keene State College in Keene, N.H., where he is a sophomore majoring in Spanish and Public Relations. To be named to the Dean’s List a student must have completed a minimum of 12 graded credits and earned at […]
GMUSD settles White family harassment lawsuit for $300,000
By Ethan Weinstein ©2024 VT Digger A lawsuit alleging that Green Mountain Unified School District and some of its administrators failed to protect five sisters from harassment after one of them was raped has been settled for $300,000, according to the sisters’ lawyer. In 2017, Skylar White, a senior at the time, reported that a […]
Local drone club scores in Vermont’s first aerial competition
By Shawn Cunningham © 2024 Telegraph Publishing LLC Riverside Middle School’s Dressel Gym was buzzing on Saturday with the sounds of competition as teams from Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts competed in Vermont’s first Aerial Drone Competition. The competition is sponsored by The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation. Fifteen teams – including four from the […]
College News
Jordan Harper of Ludlow has been named to the fall 2023 Dean’s List at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Jordan is majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Child Welfare and Psychology. She is the daughter of Jarrod and Jennifer Harper of Ludlow. Nicolas Houghton of Chester, a junior majoring in Forensic […]
TRSU board agenda for Feb. 1
The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Board will hold its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 1 at Cavendish Elementary School, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/87289589734 Below is the board’s agenda: I. Call to Order A. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions & […]
Collaborative offers Youth & Relationship Workshop at Flood Brook
The Collaborative presents Vermont Afterschool’s Matt Wolf, who will host a Youth and Relationship Workshop from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at Flood Brook School, 91 VT-11 in Londonderry. This free workshop will offer the opportunity to learn about resiliency development and the basic principles of healing-centered care to gain a better […]
College News
Hannah Hallock of Springfield, a communications and media studies major, has been named to the President’s List for the fall 2023 semester at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H. To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.70 or better and must have completed at least 12 […]
College News
Jed Lober of Chester has been named to Honors for the fall 2023 semester of the 2023-2024 academic year at Husson University in Bangor, Maine. Lober is seeking a degree in Business Administration – Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. Full-time students who earn President’s List, Dean’s List and Honors List recognition must be enrolled as […]
Two Rivers Supervisory Union Board agenda for Jan. 4
The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Jan. 4 in the Professional Development Room at Ludlow Elementary School, 45 Main Street and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/87289589734 Below is the board’s agenda. I. Call to Order A. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF […]
GMUSD board votes 6-3 to drop Chieftain name Board chair Deb Brown resigns amid medical concerns
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Signalling that the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District would be holding another one of its unusual meetings on Thursday night, board Vice Chair Adrienne Williams announced that board Chair Deb Brown has resigned, citing medical issues from a concussion she suffered weeks ago. The […]
Kendall to resign from GMUSD board
© 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC After one year of a three-year elected term, Scott Kendall has decided to leave his position representing Andover on the Green Mountain Unified School District Board. In an email to Andover Town Clerk Jeanette Haight, Kendall wrote, “I have put much thought into this and I can no longer be […]
College News
Zedekiah McNaughton of Springfield recently matriculated as a member of the Class of 2027 at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. McNaughton, a graduate of Woodstock Union High School, was selected from a pool of 9,643 applicants from all 50 states and 146 countries and joins a community of approximately 2,000 undergraduate students. Benjamin Munukka of […]
GMUSD Board agenda for Dec. 21
The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Dec. 21 at Green Mountain High School, 716 Rt. 103 south and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/88449272142 The board’s agenda is below: I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions […]
GM board members spar over misconduct allegations
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC What was ostensibly a review of the board’s ethics code and behavioral norms following complaints about the actions of at least two members of the Green Mountain Unified School District board turned into a tense discussion of a single member’s creation of images that he emailed to […]
TRSU Board agenda for Dec. 7
The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Dec. 7 at Cavendish Town Elementary School, 573 Main Street in Proctorsville and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/87289589734 Below is the board’s agenda. I. Call to Order A. Roll Call II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: (Additions […]
Chieftain hearing seems to inch forward but questions remain
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC When the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District board voted on May 18 that its Chieftain name did not violate the district’s policy on non-discriminatory branding, several individuals and organizations appealed that decision to the Agency of Education. Emily Simmons, the general counsel with the […]
GMUSD Board meeting agenda for Nov. 30
The Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 30 at Green Mountain High School, 718 Route 103 south and via Zoom. To join the meeting, go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/82870962681. This is the rescheduled regular meeting from Nov. 15. Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO […]
