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UPDATE: Meet GM principal candidates tonight before panel vote, but where?
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC If all goes according to plan tonight, the Green Mountain Unified School District board will choose one of the three finalists to replace Tom Ferenc as he retires as principal of the high school. And this afternoon will also be the only opportunity for parents and community […]
Ludlow re-vote fails, merger will go forward, BRHS to close by mid-2020
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC A last ditch effort to keep Black River High School open fell short Tuesday night as the re-vote of the Ludlow/Mt. Holly merger failed. According to Ludlow Town Clerk Ulla Cook, the vote was 288 in favor of the merger and 231 against. Back on Nov. 28, […]
College News
Christopher Armstrong of Chester was awarded Gold Stars by The Citadel, located in Charleston, S.C., for achieving a 3.7 grade point average or higher for the 2017 fall semester. Cadets and students who achieve Gold Star recognition are also placed on The Citadel’s Dean’s List. Samantha Metcalf of Springfield has been named to the University […]
TRSU panel nixes Powden raise; full board rejects budget, demands clarity
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Thursday night, the Executive Committee of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union deleted from the TRSU budget Superintendent Meg Powden’s 5.58 percent raise that would have taken her salary from $125,580 to $132,590. Later, the full TRSU board sent the entire budget back to the central office […]
TRSU board and executive committee agendas for Feb. 1, 2018
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Two Rivers Supervisory Union will hold a special meeting of its Executive Committee (which functions as a Finance Committee) to finalize the SU budget before the full board meets to approve it later in the evening. The Supervisory Union budget is not voted on by the public, but all […]
As Ludlow school re-vote nears, info meeting sparsely attended
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC A little over two months ago, voters in Ludlow and Mount Holly went to the polls and approved – by wide margins – a merger that would keep their elementary schools open but close Black River High School by July 2020. But, in late December, a group […]
College News
The following students recently graduated Castleton University and will be recognized during the 231st Commencement on Saturday, May 12 at the Castleton Pavilion. Grandon Smith of Londonderry graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science. Rachel Yrsha of Londonderry graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Mack Walton of Chester, […]
School Budgets: What goes into the central office assessment?
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC In recent weeks, the finance committee of the new Green Mountain Unified School District deadlocked twice, refraining from recommending to the full board a budget put forward by the Two Rivers Supervisory Union. But the GMUSD board reluctantly approved that budget (with a token $30,000 reduction) noting […]
Chester Rotary donates books to CAES first-graders
On Tuesday, Jan. 16, members of the Chester Rotary Club made a special delivery to the first-graders at Chester-Andover Elementary School. Nearly 30 children received a gift of a new book called School Is Fun. Each book is a story personalized with the individual child’s name as well as the names of their siblings and […]
Powden claims ‘no intentional violation’ in Telegraph open meeting complaint
© 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC After approving a budget and re-adopting the “limited school transfer program” at its Jan. 17 meeting, the Green Mountain Unified School District board turned its attention to a complaint by The Chester Telegraph alleging that the during the recent run up to the budget the board had twice violated Vermont’s Open […]
College News
The following students have been named to the Dean’s List of the University of Vermont, based in Burlington. To be name to the list, students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20 percent of their class in their respective college or school. Kyle Cyr of Chester Marjorie […]
With little enthusiasm, GMUSD board sends budget to voters
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Green Mountain Unified School District board moved ahead in fits and starts Wednesday night, approving a budget proposal that a number of members were not happy with while Superintendent Meg Powden repeatedly sounded “retreat,” promising just such an extended board session “sooner than later” to sort […]
Joint Cavendish/Chester school board meeting turns on issues of transparency, trust
By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing LLC At a meeting of the Cavendish Town Elementary School Board – on its own and in a joint session with the Chester-Andover Elementary School on Tuesday night – a number of Cavendish residents expressed misgivings about the intentions of administration of the new school district. Their suspicions […]
GMUSD Finance Committee meeting agenda for Jan. 17, 2018
The Finance Committee of the Green Mountain Unified School District will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 5 p.m. in the Green Mountain Union High School Library Learning Commons. Below is its agenda: I. Call to order A. Roll Call B. Approval of Agenda C. Approval of Minutes – i. Minutes […]
College News
Emma Hallett of South Londonderry and Alecia Rokes of Andover have made the Dean’s List for the fall 2017 semester at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. This status is granted to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses. Kyle White of Springfield […]
Cavendish Elementary School board meeting agenda for Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018
The Cavendish Elementary School board will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 5:30 p.m. followed by a meeting with the Chester-Andover Elementary School board at 6:15 p.m. The agenda is below: I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda-Additions and Deletions Action III. Minutes: a. Minutes of December 19, 2017-Regular Meeting Action […]
Chester-Andover Elementary School Board meeting agenda for Jan. 16, 2018
Chester-Andover Elementary School will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 5:30 p.m. followed by a meeting with the Cavendish Town Elementary Board at 6:15 p.m. The agenda is below: I. Call to Order II. Approval of CAES Agenda-Additions and Deletions III. Approval of minutes: a. Minutes November 13, IV. Communications: a. Written/Oral; […]
Special meeting of Green Mountain Unified School District Jan. 17, 2018
A special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 at the GMUHS Library Learning Commons. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. New Business: a. FY2018-19 […]
TRSU backs away from nursing change, reshuffles principal proposal; finance committee deadlocks on budget
Editor’s note: The meetings of the Green Mountain Unified School District Board and Finance Committee were held on Tuesday evening. Here are some of the highlights of those meetings. The Telegraph will have a detailed report on the meeting in the next day or so. By Shawn Cunningham © 2018 Telegraph Publishing, LLC With an […]
VSAC scholarships deadline is Feb. 16, 2018
Vermont Student Assistance Corp. is reminding high school seniors and returning college students to apply now for any of the 126 scholarships worth a total of $5.7 million that are administered by VSAC. The deadline for these VSAC-assisted scholarships is Feb. 16, 2018. Scholarships—like grants—are financial aid that students do not need to pay back. […]
