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GM Board finds no Open Meeting violation but agrees to Open Meeting training
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last Thursday, five of the 11 member board of the Green Mountain Unified School District assembled in the GM High School Library. A sixth joined by Zoom to make it a quorum. They weren’t there for a regular meeting but rather to answer an Open Meeting Law […]
College News
Hannah Hallock of Springfield graduated from Plymouth State University during its 154th Anniversary Commencement Ceremonies in May. Hallock graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Media Studies. The following students received their degrees in May as part of the Class of 2025 from Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I. Alex […]
D.C. chaos finally hits Vermont, TRSU schools
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC School budgets in Vermont begin on July 1 and end the following June 30. Budgets for the 2025-26 year were hammered out in the fall of 2024 and approved by voters beginning on Town Meeting Day in March. Grants and aid from various sources were firmed […]
GM board member complains of improper executive session Telegraph request for public docs only partially fulfilled
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Thursday, June 19, when we last spent an evening with the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District, the agenda contained an item to “cure” a violation of the Vermont Open Meeting Law relating to an executive session at a previous meeting. Also on the […]
Newly appointed state school redistricting panel weak in Southern Vermont representation
By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC This week, members of the Vermont House and Senate named appointees to the new School District Redistricting Task Force. But only one of these 10 appointees represents the southern part of the state below Route 4. That one member is Wendy Harrison, a state senator who represents Windham […]
Aitana Seville wins 2025 Bremer History Prize
Aitana Seville, a Green Mountain Union High School 7th grader and National History Day alum, is the 2025 winner of the Frances Bremer History Prize. The prize is awarded each year by Paul Bremer, in memory of his late wife, Frances, an ardent student of history who encouraged others to immerse themselves in American history. […]
College News
The Class of 2025 of Vermont State University in Randolph Center graduated this past spring. Nineteen local students were among those graduating. They are: Allisa Alexander of Springfield; Jasmine Bergeron of Springfield; William Bishop of Springfield; Travis Blake of Ludlow; Jeffrey Cavagnino of Londonderry; Paul Dana of North Springfield; Allison Fiske of Springfield; Reid Hryckiewicz […]
GM track & field alumni athletes go the distance at the collegiate level
By Dan Barile ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain Union High School track and field program has achieved significant success throughout its existence, earning nine state titles on the boys’ side and four more from the girls. Both teams earned their most recent state titles in 2023 when they swept the Vermont Division IV […]
Springfield Garden Club announces MacGillivray Scholarship winner
The Springfield Garden Club is pleased to announce that Caleb Carroll is this year’s winner of the Sandy MacGillivray Scholarship. He is a graduate of Springfield High School and attended River Valley Technical Center. The $1,000 scholarship is given to one River Valley Technical Center student each year in remembrance of Sandy MacGillivray, a former […]
GMUSD board gets PCB update, continues internal wrangling
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC A few years ago, state sponsored testing found that chemicals known as PCBs are present at the Green Mountain High School. Last Thursday, Kassandra Kimmey of the state Department of Environmental Conservation gave a presentation on PCBs to the Green Mountain Unified School District Board that outlined […]
College News
Nicolas Houghton of Chester has been named to the President’s List at West Virginia University in Morgantown for the spring 2025 semester. Houghton also is a senior who graduated Cum Laude from majoring in Forensic Examiner. The following local residents received Bachelor of Arts degrees from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., on Sunday, May 25, […]
Caps off to the 48 Green Mountain High grads!
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Weeks of rainy weather made for some uncertainty, but with a forecast of just hazy to cloudy skies on Friday night, Green Mountain Union High School graduated 48 students, with 46 walking for their diplomas. Principal John Broadley told the crowds of parents and friends gathered that […]
Ludlow Rotary gives scholarships to 7 seniors
In keeping with its long-standing tradition, the Ludlow Rotary Club announces the winners of the 2025 scholarships, totaling $14,000, to seven high school seniors. Daniel E. Kesman Memorial Scholarship $2,500 – Andrei Solzhenitsyn, Green Mountain Union High School; Robert W. Kirkbride Community Service Scholarship $2,500 – Lucy Palmer, GMUHS; Joseph “Jay” Girouard Scholarship $2,000 – […]
CAES educators join statewide Friday morning protest of Vermont education reform bill
By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The educators are concerned. They say that the proposed state law H 454 to remake Vermont’s public education system, which is to be voted on on Monday in the Vermont Senate, has been rushed and filled with too many holes. It seeks to reform the governance, the finance […]
College News
Jaedyn Thomes of Ludlow was named the recipient of The William Rosenfeld Chapbook Prize in Creative Writing for Fiction at Hamilton College’s annual Class & Charter Day, held on May 13 at the Clinton, N.Y., school. Established in 1950, the event combines the traditional Class Day celebrating the end of classes with a commemoration of […]
College News
Grayson Frazer of Springfield, an Exercise Science major, was named to the President’s List for the spring 2025 term at Trine University in Angola, Ind. To earn President’s List honors, Trine University students must complete a minimum of 12 hours and have a grade point average of 3.750-4.000. Ashley Newton of Cavendish was named to […]
Two GM seniors awarded Andover Scholarships
The Andover Scholarship Committee is pleased to award college scholarships to two graduating seniors attending Green Mountain Union High School. Both of these impressive students have demonstrated a love of Andover and service to the community. Niavh Gibney grew up in Andover and will attend Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in the fall. Her […]
LES students receive personalized books from Ludlow Rotary
Ludlow Rotary Club recently donated specially printed books to students at Ludlow Elementary School. LRC has been creating similar books, personalized with each student’s name, for many years for children attending elementary school in Mount Holly, Ludlow, Cavendish and Plymouth as part of its Literacy Improvement Project. According to teacher Lora Miele, “The children were […]
College News
Jonathan Griffin of West Townshend was among over 600 students who graduated from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., on Friday, May 9. Griffin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Business Administration. Griffin also won the Scholastic Bowl Team Award. BJU societies compete against one another in the Scholastic Bowl, a contest designed to test […]
GM school board to hold special meeting to revisit board appointment, complaint
By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District will hold a special meeting next Wednesday in part to cure violations of Vermont’s Open Meeting Law regarding executive sessions that occurred at its May 15 meeting and – in effect – to rescind its request that […]
