Dummerston School News Today

Bill Holiday was in eighth grade, attending Brattleboro Union Junior High School, when the principal’s voice came over the public announcement system.

BRATTLEBORO — As the sun beat down, several area middle school students recently gathered at the tennis courts at Living Memorial Park to see how fast their solar powered car

BRATTLEBORO—Despite a five-hour executive session on March 1, the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) Board did not reach a consensus in its superintendent search before annual elections — and now a new board will deliberate and consider what steps to take going forward. WSESU is comprised of the Vernon ...

BRATTLEBORO—Several candidates have stepped up to run for seats on the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) school board, including two local women of color. Deborah Stanford is running for a three-year term as a Dummerston representative to the board, Lana Dever is running for a two-year term as a ...

BRATTLEBORO—The Windham Southeast School District Board has chosen attorney Aimee Goddard of Buehler & Annis, PLC to serve as independent investigator into sexual abuse charges dating back to the early 1970s, following evidence “to wherever the investigation takes it,” as School Board Chair David Schoales put it. The decision ...

Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 Booster shots now available for more Vermonters MONTPELIER —The Agency of Human Services and the Department of Health announced that Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster doses are now available to people in Vermont who are 65 and ...

A little history: In the spring of 2015 the Vermont Legislature passed Act 46, a school consolidation law, “designed to encourage and support local decisions and actions.” This quote is from an Agency of Education (AOE) fact sheet. There were five goals to this law: equity; achieve or exceed the state’s Educational Quality Standards; maximize operational efficiencies; promote transparency and accountability; delivered at a cost that parents, voters and taxpayers value. Most of ou...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — As information on the potential impact of breaking up the Windham Southeast School District is coming out, so is a lot of opposition. On March 2, voters in the WSESD will be asked if their town should withdraw from the district. They’ll also consider if their town should approve and ratify the withdrawal of Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford and/or Putney from the district. If a town votes no on the first article, it wi...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — As information on the potential impact of breaking up the Windham Southeast School District is coming out, so is a lot of opposition. On March 2, voters in the WSESD will be asked if their town should withdraw from the district. They’ll also consider if their town should approve and ratify the withdrawal of Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford and/or Putney from the district. If a town votes no on the first article, it wi...