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LEVERETT — Decades ago, when children were still taught in the Moore’s Corner Schoolhouse, Richard Carey was among those students who trekked to the North Leverett Road site every day.For Gina Lombardi, growing up in a later generation in Leverett,...

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Six tribes, four states announce first formal talks on Colorado River authority

Following wide division in New Canaan after removing the words ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ or “DEI” from a working draft of the district’s goals and objectives, the Board of Education at its most recent meeting signaled that it would try to reset and de-politicize the tone of its discussion and future work. In what appeared […]

20 people — some high profile community members — spoke at the podium at the school...

“All of our peer districts include DEI specifically in their goals,” says a petition...

In a series of proposed changes that have generated wide community discussion, the Board of Education is poised this week to replace language around diversity, equity and inclusion or “DEI” in the school district’s goals. Board members agreed at their most recent meeting that the following sentences rightly should be added to a draft version […]

As Greenwich hiring practices come under scrutiny over alleged discriminatory methods,...

School board members and parents raised concerns over the change to the goal on DEI, which had been altered after GOP members of the school board questioned it.

Vermont hospitals and health care systems must submit their budgets to the Green Mountain Care Board for approval or adjustment and are calling on the board to approve what they are calling “stabilization budgets.”