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Burlington Schools — Past, Present, and Future… Hi neighbors – On Town Meeting Day, the Burlington School District will have three items on the ballot. Taken together, they address the District’s past, present, and its future. One item, approved unanimously for the ballot by the City Council last night, is for authority to issue $9.7…
Hi neighbors — As most of you are no doubt aware, the Burlington School Board met on Tuesday night to finalize its proposed budget for the 2009-2010 school year. By a unanimous vote (with one abstention), the Board is recommending a budget in the amount of $49,903,088. As Board Finance Chair, I strongly take issue…
Hi neighbors — Just a quick (and much shorter!) post to let you know that the District has posted on its website the PowerPoint presentation that Supt. Collins gave last night at the budget hearing at the high school. If you were not able to attend, you can view the presentation here: http://bsdweb.bsdvt.org/Board/budget0910/BudgetFY10v3.pdf Please let…
Hi neighbors — It’s budget-preparation season for the Burlington School Board, as most of you no doubt realize from this morning’s Free Press article (for those of you who didn’t see it, here’s the link: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20081214/NEWS02/812140310/1001/NEW. As Molly Walsh noted, our first public hearing on the proposed budget will be held in the cafeteria of…
Hi neighbors — During the recent City Council vote on the School Board’s bond proposal, many of the councilors expressed their desire to work with the Board to develop a school renovation proposal that matches the city’s fiscal resources. On Monday evening, the Council is scheduled to consider a resolution that would establish a specific…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Info: Frederick Lane Burlington, VT 802-318-4604 fslane3@gmail.com www.FrederickLane.com BURLINGTON, VT — Senator John McCain’s selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin makes it clear that when it comes to critical social and political issues — including U.S. Supreme Court appointments, federal science policy, public education, and birth control — a McCain/Palin White…
Phase One of the Master Plan and Vision for the Future After consulting with City leaders and the City Finance Board, the Burlington School Board reconsidered its proposal to ask the City Council for a ballot item in the amount of $226 million. At its monthly meeting on September 9, 2008, the Burlington School Board…
Hi neighbors — Last night, the Burlington School Board voted 12-2 to revised its school bond proposal and ask the City Council to approve a ballot item of just over $92 million for the November 4 election. You can read the specific language of the bond proposal in my post, “Our Schools, Our Future.” Additional…
Hi neighbors — Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of interest in the School Board’s proposed bond for the District. The Board is actively building a website, BSDPlan.com, to offer information about the proposal, meeting dates and times, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and other related material. If there are specific questions you would…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Frederick Lane FSLane3@gmail.com www.FrederickLane.com 802-318-4604 BURLINGTON, VT — In a 102-page opinion released earlier today, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the $550,000 fine assessed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against CBS for the infamous Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. In reaching its…