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TRSU Act 46 panel picks merger option that could close Black River HS
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With about 70 people in attendance at Ludlow’s Town Hall on Wednesday night, the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee voted to go forward with an option that would – if approved by voters – dissolve the Ludlow-Mount Holly school district and unify the middle […]
TRSU semi-annual school board meeting Tuesday, Dec. 20
The semi-annual meeting of the school board of directors within the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet at the Cavendish Town Elementary School Multi-purpose Room, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Below is its agenda. The board consists of representation from Cavendish Town Elementary, Chester-Andover Elementary, Green Mountain […]
Surprising itself, TRSU Act 46 panel leans toward merger option
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC After more than a year of looking at the options for school consolidation, the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Act 46 Study Committee seemed to surprise itself by backing into a merger option to put before the state Board of Education and the voters of the towns in […]
GMUHS facilities chief takes new post as roof replacement plans get under way
By Stephen Seitz ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Brendan McNamara, the facilities director and transportation manager at Green Mountain Union High School, is stepping down on Dec. 30 to become town manager in Cavendish. His departures comes just as the school is embarking on a major project — the complete replacement of its 40-year-old roof. “It’s […]
TRSU Act 46 Study Committee meeting in Ludlow
The Two Rivers Supervisory Union Study Committee will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium, 37 S. Depot St. NOTE the time and place for this meeting has been changed. The agenda is below. Call to order Welcoming Remarks Approve Minutes Review Agenda (Additions or […]
Chester-Andover Elementary board meeting for Dec. 12, 2016
The Board of Directors for Chester-Andover Elementary School will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12 in the school library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order: II. Approval of CAES Agenda-Additions and Deletions III. Minutes a. Minutes of Nov. 15, 2016-Regular Meeting IV. Communications: a. Written/Oral; b. […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting Dec. 8, 2016
The Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Union High will meet at GMUHS’s Library Learning Commons, Route 103 South, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda-Additions and Deletions III. Approval of Minutes: a. Minutes of Nov. 15, 2016 – Regular Meeting IV. […]
Andover board wrestles with Act 46, addresses relationship with Chester institutions
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Ahead of a public information session on the Act 46 school consolidation law, the Andover Select Board on Monday got an update on the progress of efforts to “study the advisability of forming a union school district” from school board member Joe Fromberger. Pointing to a 20 […]
Parents, teachers raise new concerns over school merger plans
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC With discussions at three meetings in three towns in just two days, it seems the movement toward an Act 46 school merger plan for schools in the Two Rivers Supervisory Union may go from a walk to a trot. But, if a plan is going to be […]
GMUHS announces 1st Quarter Honor Roll
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School has announced its 1st Quarter Honor Roll for the 2016-2017 school year. Honors Middle School Honors are earned by those students with one off-setting grade not below a C-.(There must be an A+, A, or A- to offset the one grade of a C+, C or […]
Which option? Act 46 merger forum at CAES next Tuesday
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC On March 7, 2017, the residents of Chester, Andover, Cavendish, Baltimore, Ludlow and Mt. Holly will likely vote to decide which form a state mandated school consolidation will take for them. Those decisions could have profound effects on the quality of educational opportunities for their students, the […]
Northshire merger panel unanimous in vote for larger district
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Northshire Merger Study Committee voted unanimously on Monday, Nov. 14 to recommend to the State Board of Education that a new school supervisory district be created. To be called the Taconic and Green District, it would be a part of the current Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union. The […]
CAES Board of Directors meeting for Nov. 15, 2016
The Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will meet at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the school’s Arts Center, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order: II. Approval of CAES Agenda-Additions and Deletions Action III. Minutes: a. Minutes of Sept. 12, 2016-Regular Meeting Action IV. Communications: a. […]
Northshire Act 46 panel to vote on merger plan Monday
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The changing landscape in education governance in Vermont surfaced during the Londonderry Select Board meeting of Monday, Nov. 7. Northshire Merger Committee member Dick Dale told the board the committee will reach the end of its process at its Monday. Nov. 14 meeting. In the meantime, Board […]
College news
Castleton student Patrick Cote-Abel of Londonderry was recently awarded an institutional research grant for the 2016-2017 academic year. Twelve faculty-student groups earned a grant. Each grant ranges from $500 to $2,000. Cote-Abel’s project is The New American Gods: Superheroes in the Age of Global Terrorism, with his faculty advisor, Sanjukta Ghosh, in the Department of […]
TRSU Act 46 study panel reboots, takes comments on merger proposal
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC After nearly a year of meetings focusing on planning, finance, property and governance, the Act 46 study committee for Two Rivers Supervisory Union has – in effect – gone back to the drawing board and started over. Last night in Ludlow, the committee outlined what it was […]
College News
Castleton senior Morgan Hart of Weston is Instagraming her way through Vermont. With a set goal of visiting all 251 towns across the Green Mountain State before she graduates in May, the history major is well under way to accomplishing it. “I started this goal in August because I love Vermont and I realized there […]
Merger panel member floats school plan with Weston Select Board
By Bruce Frauman © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Deb Lyneis, Weston representative to the Northshire Merger Study Committee, attended the Sept. 27 Weston Select Board meeting to seek advice on the committee’s Act 46 deliberations. Lyneis told the board that the committee is ready to “recommend a merger of our four towns of Londonderry, Landgrave, […]
Blues Fest tickets donated to Black River music students
Thanks to the generosity of several local businesses and individuals, dozens of music students from Ludlow’s Black River High School will be enjoying a complimentary ticket to the upcoming 3rd Annual Black River Folk & Blues Fest. The Saturday Oct. 8 event will bring a variety of folk and blues musical acts and talented musicians […]
Proficiency Based Education: The coming evolution in education
Michael Eppolito, Curriculum Coordinator for Two Rivers Supervisory Union, has written a three-part series for The Chester Telegraph on Proficiency Based Education, an educational concept that will be implemented in Vermont schools by 2020. Parents, teachers and even students will want to understand how this concept will affect their children’s future and their own. PART […]
