Hi neighbors — I got a note from Tammy Charboneau at Champlain School saying that she is looking for both an 8 mm and a Super 8 mm projector. If anyone has one that the school could borrow for a time, please contact the school. Also, since the news hasn’t hit the Free Press yet,…
Hi Neighbors — As most of you are aware, this is the time of year when the School Board finalizes its proposed budget for Town Meeting Day. The Board met last Tuesday night (Jan. 9) and after a flurry of activity, adopted its budget for the 07-08 school year. Here are the relevant details of…
Hi Neighbors – The School Board met last Tuesday to take public comment on the proposed budget for the 07-08 fiscal year. Approximately twenty-six people attended the hearing at the Burlington High School, and eight spoke to the Board. The main theme of the comments was to urge the Board to restore funding for the…
Hi Neighbors — The December School Board meeting is traditionally the longest of the year, and this week’s meeting was no exception; a variety of challenging issues kept the Board at work until 11:15 p.m. Not surprisingly, this school board update is a little longer than usual as well. The meeting started off on a…
Hi Neighbors — In anticipation of a potentially large public turn-out, the School Board met last Tuesday night at the library at the Hunt Middle School. The move proved unnecessary; only a handful of people showed up for the meeting. Among those in attendance were Ward 5 residents Dawn Moskowitz and Karen Paul, who both…
Hi neighbors — As most of you are obviously aware, there’s a lot going on with the School Board these days. Rather than try to squeeze everything into a single post-Board Meeting-post next week, here’s an update of what’s been happening since the start of the month. Last Friday, the Board’s ad hoc Communication Committee…
Hi all — I received the following memorandum tonight from Superintendent Collins regarding the popular after-school programs in the Burlington Schools. Unfortunately, the grants that have been funding those programs are set to expire over the next 18 months. The District is looking into options to sustain those programs. As you’ll see at the bottom,…
Hi neighbors — As many of you are aware, the School Board is soliciting comments on the conclusions of the Task Force on Building Burlington’s Future. The most important conclusion, of course, is that the School District should implement socio-economic integration in the District’s schools. The Board has been holding a series of meetings and…
Hi Neighbors — The Finance Committee did not meet in September, but we did meet earlier this week. Here’s an overview of what we’ve been working on over the last few weeks. The biggest news, of course, is the settlement of the contract with the Burlington Education Association. I’d like to congratulate the negotiating teams…
Hi neighbors, The attached article was co-authored by Paul Hale and Terry Buehner and sent to the North Avenue News and VT Times for publication this month. It is a good explanation of the negotiating process between the School Board and the Burlington Education Association, the negotiating unit for the Burlington school teachers. If anyone…
