The district adopted a “liaison officer” model in 2021 that bases an officer at the local police station, rather than in schools. But the debate over school security measures has flared up again at recent board meetings.
In the weeks before Town Meeting Day, a surge of anti-mask mandate, anti-“critical race theory” candidates from across Vermont made bids for seats on school boards. But according to results released Tuesday night, many of those candidates failed to.
Earlier this month, Mathew Johnson, a candidate for the Kingdom East School District board, tuned into a school board meeting to express frustration with the district’s policies. The district’s mask mandate was “blatant child abuse, in my opinion,” he.