Education
Montpelier’s New School expands space for students with complex needs
The purchase and renovation of multiple buildings on the college green will allow the school to expand enrollment, the school’s executive director said.
Vermont Christian school that forfeited game over transgender player wins appeal to rejoin state athletics
Mid Vermont Christian School sued the state and Vermont Principals’ Association after it was barred from participating in state sports following its refusal to compete against a transgender athlete.
Former director of the Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators charged with embezzling funds
Darren McIntyre served as head of the organization for two years. The Montpelier Police Department said in a press release he embezzled more than $76,000 over that time.
Champlain Valley school leaders outline $13 million bond proposal
With the Vermont Legislature considering wholesale change to the public education sector, “this may be our last chance in the next 4 to 5 years to have a level service budget,” a district officer said.
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Vermont State University, Johnson announce partnership to relocate town services onto the school’s campus
“We have the opportunity to create something here that’s a new model for how college campuses or other facilities in their communities can more purposefully work together,” said David Bergh, president of Vermont State University.
Bennington College president will step down at end of fall term
The college’s president since 2020, Laura Walker will serve as a strategic adviser to the school’s board of trustees, its chair said in an email to faculty, staff and students.
Middlebury College to shutter its satellite campus in California
The school’s president announced in a press release that continuing operations at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies was “no longer feasible,” and said they would close the Monterey campus in June 2027.
Bus company accuses union drivers of unlawful and unsafe picketing at Brattleboro school
“We didn’t put any students in danger yesterday,” the local union president said. “They were the ones that put students in danger by locking out the bus drivers.”
Amid work stoppage, bus company brings in replacement workers for start of school in Windham County
Students in the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union will have a ride to school, while local drivers and monitors remain locked out by their employer, Travel Kuz.
As classes begin again, more Vermont schools are restricting cellphone use ahead of statewide ban
A new law requires all districts to prohibit students from using cellphones in schools starting next school year. Many are implementing restrictions now.
Vermont’s new education law signals an end to state funding for religious schools
The new provisions in Act 73 halt what had been an increasing amount of public tuition dollars from flowing to Vermont’s religious schools. Legislators say that is a side effect, not the intent.
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