Environmental Officials Ask for Two More Years to Test Schools for PCBs

By Alison Novak Posted on March 16, 2022 at 5:11PM

Vermont Will Lift School Masking Guidance on March 14

By Sasha Goldstein Posted on March 3, 2022 at 6:01PM

Officials justified the decisions by noting Vermont's decreasing number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and people in the intensive care units as the Omicron variant-fueled surge continues to wane.

Voters Reject School Board Candidates With Divisive Platforms

By Alison Novak Posted on March 2, 2022 at 1:27PM

New Burlington High School Could Cost $207 Million, District Says

By Alison Novak Posted on March 1, 2022 at 8:17PM

Last November, the board voted to build a new high school and tech center on the old campus. The new building, which the district hopes to complete by the summer of 2025, is slated to occupy the area east of the existing high school, between the old buildings and North Avenue.

Senate Education Committee Votes to Advance Mascot Bill

By Alison Novak Posted on February 24, 2022 at 7:00PM

education. So the state has a responsibility.”

Milton School Board Race Jolted By Candidates’ Manifesto

By Alison Novak Posted on February 18, 2022 at 6:27PM

With less than two weeks until Election Day, the three candidates’ manifesto appears to have polarized the community. A screenshot of the email posted to a private Milton Facebook page garnered nearly 200 hundred comments.

Despite State Guidance, Some Highly Vaxxed School Districts Will Keep Masks On

By Alison Novak Posted on February 18, 2022 at 1:32PM

community is one that cares about each other ... Our actions are what matter here.

Schools With High Vax Rates Can Lift Mask Requirements Soon

By Anne Wallace Allen Posted on February 15, 2022 at 9:13PM

He said the health department recorded slightly more than 760 cases over the past week — the lowest weekly total the state has recorded since November 1. He expects to see cases continue to fall through the rest of February and into March.

Vermont Again Adds New PCB Guidance Ahead of Testing in Schools

By Alison Novak Posted on February 3, 2022 at 2:07PM

current practices in place," Coppolino said. She said the DEC and Burlington school administrators recently discussed whether the new guidance would allow the reopening of administrative offices in the high school's Building A. The school district has not asked about using other parts of the building, Coppolino said, but if it did, she said the DEC would work with them to see what was possible.

Rutland City School Board Votes to Reinstate Raiders Name

By Alison Novak Posted on January 12, 2022 at 4:18PM

"As I have always preached to my children, two who are in the school system, you can choose to be offended by something," board member O'Connor said. "Anybody can be offended by anything.