What does the Secretary of Education mean when she says our overwhelming votes against school merger don't matter?
The last time I looked, we were still a democracy, both in our country and especially in Vermont, where freedom and democracy have always mattered.
But now, the secretary of education and the Agency of Education's lawyers are telling us, and telling many other school districts across the state, that their community votes don't matter. If this is the case, why would the Legislature have required towns to vote on the merger plan?
We should all be furious. I am!...
I am a candidate for the remaining one year of a three-year term on the Dummerston School Board. As a lifelong resident of the area, after graduating from Brattleboro Union High School, I left the area thinking I would not come back. However, after eight years away, Vermont beckoned...
Thanks to everyone who came out to vote on the school merger issue, no matter which position you were for. That the percentage of voters from all of our towns was so high is such an encouraging sign for all of our children, schools, and communities and for democracy.