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…
There was a joint meeting of the school board and selectboard on September 18th. The purpose of the meeting was for the school board to present the Herrick Avenue project progression to the selectboard. Board Chair, Kumulia Long, gave a short presentation going over the process that the board has Read more…
“Hi, my name is Ember Nova Quinn and I’m a queer transgender nonbinary person. I would like the board to consider the drafting of this policy specifically recognizes and legitimizes LGBTQ people and prevents this legitimacy from being debated in this public forum. You have the power to derail this Read more…
“Hi, thank you. Thank you, school board members, for doing everything that you can do to make Milton schools better for all children. I appreciate the Vermont school board association’s belief that public education is the foundation of and for democracy. I want to share my support for the current Read more…
There were no community comments at last night’s school board meeting. Warrants, contracts and minutes from previous meetings were all approved after a short discussion of each. Amy Rex started her superintendent’s report with acknowledgement of the devastating flooding that has taken place around the state. She then gave a Read more…
Milton High School recently held a “Day of Awareness” to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. It was held on March 20th and absorbed the first two blocks of learning. In reality students had three choices as to how they approached school that day; 1) attend the “celebration” or the viewing of Read more…
Co-authorized by Allison Duquette and Nicholas Smith It’s been over a month since Town Meeting Day, we want to thank everyone who came out to vote, especially those of you involved in our campaign. The 2023 School Board races received around 2,000 ballots cast this year, compared to 1,850 in Read more…
Overview of Social Emotional Learning Social Emotional Learning, otherwise known as SEL, was first introduced into schools in the mid-1990’s. As the name implies, it proports to teaches students social skills and emotional management using grounding techniques, meditation, and spirituality. This concept is known as the “whole child” approach to Read more…
Three forum posts were denied by Front Porch Forum Member Support for allegedly violating Terms of Use. Front Porch Forum (FPF) has been very active recently with community members addressing comments and questions toward Vermont Parents Against Critical Theory (VPACT). Unfortunately, FPF has made the decision to silence the reach Read more…
What is proficiency? Proficiency-based learning started in 2014 as a direct result of Act 77. Proficiency-based learning seeks to evaluate a student’s skills and approach to problems, rather than strictly obtaining the correct answer. Proficiency-based learning (PBL) centers on demonstrations of specific and transparent learning outcomes in which learning is Read more…