Education
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OVUU Declines to Reverse Preschool Relocation Decisions
The OVUU school board declined to reverse January votes relocating preschool programs affecting Caverly Preschool in Pittsford and Otter Creek Academy in Whiting, following significant…
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Is OVUU Closing Caverly Preschool and Otter Creek Academy?
At its Jan. 6 meeting, the Otter Valley Unified Union school board voted to move programs out of Whiting and Caverly schools, actions that would…
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VT’s Special Ed Funding Gap: When Federal Promises Meet Property Tax Reality
Vermont’s special education funding gap reveals a broken promise: Congress pledged 40% federal support in 1975 but delivers only 7-10%. Property taxpayers cover the rest—$8.5…
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How VT’s School Funding System Actually Works – Currently
Vermont funds its schools through a single statewide Education Fund, not separate town systems. Local voters approve school budgets each March, and the Legislature later…
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RNESU Holds 5:30 PM Budget Vote at 2 PM?
RNESU approved its FY27 budget at a 2 PM “retreat” the same day the Rutland Herald listed the meeting for 5 PM, raising open meeting…
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The Consequences of Ignoring Reality – Part 2
Vermont’s fiscal pressures extend far beyond education funding. Housing scarcity, healthcare costs, workforce readiness, regulation, and demographic decline are compounding in ways that no single…
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The Consequences of Ignoring Reality – Part 1
Vermont’s education funding crisis is not the result of a single law or a broken formula. It is the visible collision point of decades of…
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Can Vermont Reform School Funding?
Vermont’s education funding model has become a costly, complex system that’s spiraled into inefficiency. Despite high per-pupil spending, the benefits for students and teachers often…
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Over $100K VT Taxpayer Dollars Spent for…Nothing
Vermont spent over $100,000 on a redistricting task force that never delivered the maps required by law. Despite clear directives in Act 73, the group…
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If It Ain’t Broke: How “New Math” Broke America’s Grip on Numbers
America’s math decline wasn’t caused by other nations racing ahead — it happened because we kept reinventing what already worked. While top countries stuck to…
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