Councilors also heard from residents who expressed anger and frustration in response to a police shooting that hospitalized a Burlington resident over the weekend.
Burlington City Council sends $165 million high school bond to voters
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A new Burlington-based Senate district gives rise to new contenders
For Progressives, the redrawn district will serve as a key battleground to maintain influence in a Democrat-dominated chamber.
Burlington School District in talks with Beta to host trade programs, cutting costs for new high school
School officials say the plan would save the district $20 million as it prepares to build a new, roughly $200 million high school and technical center by fall 2025.
Burlington School Board selects $181 million design for new high school
With a rough-edges design approved, the district now plans to work on a more detailed design of the school, which should yield a more accurate cost estimate ahead of an expected November bond vote on the project’s financing.
The Burlington School District hosted a workshop on gender identity. Fox News took note.
A segment on “The Ingraham Angle” about a Burlington School District workshop on gender identity set off a wave of “hateful, harmful, and discriminatory messages,” the school superintendent said.
Burlington voters back infrastructure measures but reject tax rate increase
While Mayor Miro Weinberger heralded the annual city election’s outcome as a win for his agenda, he also said that a failed effort to raise the municipal tax rate could lead to budget woes for the next fiscal year.
Winooski, Burlington officials say planned changes to education spending will underfund English language learners
“This is, plain and simple, a discriminatory policy,” city council members wrote in a letter sent this month to state and county officials.
Burlington School District launches community-led LGBTQ+ task force
Half the task force members will be students and half adults, including teachers, administrators and parents. Anyone interested in being on the task force can apply.
3 Burlington school administrators on paid leave amid state, district investigations
The employees on leave include the principal and assistant principal of J.J. Flynn Elementary School, plus a member of the state’s ethics commission.
Library association opposes combining Fletcher Free Library with new Burlington High School
The Vermont State Library Association says community libraries and school libraries serve distinct purposes. It's pushing back on Mayor Miro Weinberger’s idea to combine the two if the new high school is built downtown.
Burlington mayor advocates for new downtown high school site
The Main Street Gateway Block has long been an area Mayor Miro Weinberger has wanted to develop, but it falls low on a list of new high school site rankings.
Burlington paraeducators start and finish the school year without a contract
Paraeducators and union leaders are growing frustrated that it’s taking so long to secure a contract.
Burlington school district sets ambitious plan to build new high school in 4 years
The district only has a three-and-a-half-year lease on its temporary downtown location — the former Macy’s department store turned high school.
New Burlington schools equity report shows learning disparities, pandemic regression
The report shows the Burlington School District didn’t achieve many of its equity goals, but that outcome was expected and will be used to build solutions, officials say.
