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Bennington Elementary and other schools in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union have been grappling with student behavior that is “elevated in a way that we havent seen in the past,” the superintendent said.

BENNINGTON — A new community advocacy group has formed in response to reports of police being called to Bennington Elementary School.

More than a dozen police reports and interviews with former staffers paint a picture of a school struggling to respond to students in mental health crises.

BENNINGTON — The Mount Anthony Union School District needs math and science teachers.

Ask the first-graders at Bennington Elementary what they want to be when they grow up, and the responses run the gamut: Teachers. A Nurse. A Baker. Firefighters. Cops. Ballerinas. One

Snowbegone Kenobi. William Scrape-speare. Plowy McPlowFace. Those were a few of the names Vermont children chose for the states Name a Plow Program.

BENNINGTON — The Bennington Recreation Center is offering an after-school care program from 3 to 5:30 p.m. each weekday from now through the end of December. The program will take

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — Getting substitute teachers can be tough any time, but during a pandemic, the task becomes that much more difficult. With different health protocols in place and concerns about the transmissible nature of the coronavirus, the number of available substitutes that have the credentials to fill in on a daily basis are way down. “Usually we advertise through our website or the Banner and on our social media,” said Glori...

BENNINGTON — Bennington Elementary School will be closed for the rest of the week after two cases of COVID-19 were reported among the school community, making it the second Bennington