Senate plan: School districts without 2021 budgets may level-fund
Many Vermonters have been wondering how towns that voted down school budgets, or had votes scheduled before social-distancing was required, will set their budgets for the coming year.
Brian Allen: Vermont’s COVID response punishing the young
Young and old have been deceived. Our leaders have made us think COVID-19 will disappear. It won’t. There isn’t a vaccine and might not be one for years. We need to do our best to protect the sick and the elderly but can’t keep closing life and opportunity down.
Mark Shepard: What are we thinking?
Our nation’s shift away from free markets and toward state-controlled markets is very much connected to the worldview taught in public school curriculum. Some surveys suggest that about half of America’s young adults are quite open to socialism.
John LaBarge: Time for Chittenden dominance of Legislature to end
A recent announcement to close three rural Vermont State College campuses (since withdrawn, for now) raises the question, “does Chittenden County govern the rest of Vermont?” There is growing evidence that it does.
Deb Billado: The Vermont State Colleges crisis – it did not have to be this way
The VSC system may be on the brink of insolvency if nothing is done, but considering the stress Vermonters have been experiencing the last two months, shouldn’t Chancellor Spaulding have considered all other avenues in solving the matter before doing what he did?
The left’s long war on parents over schooling their kids
Elizabeth Bartholet’s mindset is that public schools are a vital component of the state to carry out progressive social engineering. If even a small minority of young people don’t accept the left’s views on say, sexuality, transgenderism or American history, then they need to be indoctrinated.
Harvard smears homeschooling parents and their children
In what has to be one of the most outrageous, misguided — frankly, garbage — pieces of elitist propaganda this year, Harvard Magazine and Harvard Law School have teamed up to attack homeschooling, of all things, in a clearly coordinated one-two punch.
House, Senate chiefs want stay of execution for state college campuses; critics of trustee board assert urban, UVM bias
House Speaker Mitzi Johnson and Senate Pro Tem Tim Ashe this weekend asked Vermont State College trustees to not accept Chancellor Jeb Spaulding’s plan to close three rural college campuses, and instead develop a one-year “bridge” budget to buy time to build an alternative plan.
Trump, Scott say some professions can return to work tomorrow; college campus closure vote postponed
Vermont State College Chancellor Jeb Spaulding announced Friday his plan to keep the state college system afloat by closing campuses in Lyndon, Johnson and Randolph. Negative reaction and grassroots organization was strong and swift.
VISA update: Federal relief package enacted, essential business determination guidance issued, and more
In this update, a multi-trillion federal relief package is enacted, Education Secretary Dan French testifies in House education committee, essential business determination guidance is issued, and unemployment insurance changes advance.
Scott can’t stop plastic bag ban, explains timing for in-person school year cancellation; church service policy discussed
Gov. Phil Scott on Friday acknowledged the pain of closing in-person schools for the rest of the year but said the step was necessary to mitigate the effects of a growing statewide pandemic.
Gov. Scott dismisses schools for in-person instruction for remainder of school year
“The education of our students and the bonding and learning experiences they have at schools are tremendously important, so I fully appreciate the impact and difficulty of this decision,” said Governor Phil Scott.