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"Its [sic] too bad, I would have loved to teach grammar skills to bring police up to the elementary school level, at least," said Vekos in an email chain obtained by NBC5.
Health officials say that no one has died yet from an overdose at a school in Vermont, and that overdoses on school grounds in general remain rare. But they do happen. And outside the schoolhouse doors, the state is seeing a sharp and stubborn rise in fatal overdoses.
Last week, Vermont State Attorney Evo Vekos was arrested and charged with a D-U-I. Since then, she was involved in an email chain with law enforcement officials where she made derogatory comments and also said how she no longer feels safe around police.
Helping their communities is one way for colleges and universities to counteract crashing public confidence in higher education, advocates say — a problem that has been worsened by political attacks and self-destructive missteps by even the most elite universities.
It was just another manic Monday for Addison County State's Attorney Eva Vekos, who represented Vermont during a full slate of court hearings despite her...