One teacher discussed the UVM’s “Interdisciplinary-Team” regarding working with students with complex needs. One teacher read a statement, indicated to have been from a parent of children who had previously gone to Milton schools, explaining their perspective on why some may be voting “no” on the budget. One parent talked Read more…
There were several community comments to start off the school board meeting on Thursday. Laura, a teacher, spoke in favor of the BLM flag staying up at the High School. Ember, a community member, spoke in favor of the BLM flag. Heather, a community member, spoke about the conflict of Read more…
The leadership of Vermont Parents Against Critical Theory (VPACT) recently learned of the repainting of the electrical box outside of the Milton High School. VPACT does not condone vandalism or violence of any kind including what happened at this installation. Our members have always and will always work lawfully within Read more…
The student reps to the school board were not in attendance and board member Jenn Wilsoncame in to the meeting about half way through. Before community comments at the meeting Thursday night board chair Kumulia Long wantedto address some comments from previous meetings. He said that maintenance is taking place Read more…
The Equity Policy (EP) for the MTSD was in the works for several years. As soon as the five-year Strategic Plan was adopted, the EP was one of the first things to be created. An original committee was put together to draft an EP for the school district in 2021. Read more…
The meeting started with a couple community comments. Ember Quinn spoke about it being trans awareness week and offered to talk to anyone genuinely interested about trans issues. A student commented on the flagpole policy and urged the board to approve putting up another flagpole for students to fly special Read more…
There were no community comments to start the meeting last night. Amy Rex gave her superintendent’s report. For the last two years they have been conducting research on new math curriculums and this year new curriculums have been implemented. Open Up Resources by Illustrative Math for K-8 and Math Medic Read more…
There were no community comments to start last night’s meeting. One middle school teacher is leaving before the end of October. Approval of warrants was followed by the superintendent’s report. Amy started by talking about the Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) for Curriculum and instruction. This is a state approved Read more…
There were no community comments to begin last night’s meeting. One teacher has resigned since the beginning of the year. The superintendent’s report given by Amy Rex focused on the beginning of the school year. The theme for the year is “inclusion and joy in learning”. There was a Read more…
By Allison Duquette I recently helped out with a booth at the Champlain Valley Fair. VPACT and the parent group in Essex, SPEAK, collaborated on the booth. Our intention was to educate people on what is being taught in the schools and to encourage families to be more involved. Most Read more…