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Vermont H.S. sports scores for Wednesday, Oct. 2: See how your favorite team fared
The 2024 Vermont high school fall season has begun. See below for scores, schedules and game details (statistical leaders, game notes) from soccer, field hockey, volleyball, golf and cross-country running. To report scores: Coaches or team representatives are asked to report results ASAP after games by emailing sports@burlingtonfreepress.com. Please submit with a name/contact number. ►Contact Alex...
Kids like free school meals. States are trying to reel in the costs.
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.A few years ago, so few high schoolers ate breakfast in Vermont’s Essex Westford School District that the cafeteria looked like “a ghost town” in the morning, recalls Scott Fay, the director of child nutrition.But now that breakfast is free for all students, kids are packing the cafeteria to talk, munch on fresh cranberry-orange bread, and finish homework before the first bell.“It’s really amazing to see that transition,” said Fay, who helped lobby for the Vermont law that expanded free meals. That’s “what...
Killington’s donated snow cat enhances Vermont Tech students opportunities
By Brooke Geery, Killington Resort At the end of last season, Killington Resort donated one of its well-used snow cats to Vermont Technical College (VTC) in Randolph. The gift was the idea of Vehicle Maintenance Manager Halley Riley-Elliot, who graduated from the VTC program herself in 2021. As the equipment had fulfilled its usefulness for […]
Monica Caserta Hutt: When it comes to after-school programs, more is better
Successful prevention strategies for youth must occur in places and spaces in which they feel at home and connected — in addition to their homes. Read the story on VTDigger here: Monica Caserta Hutt: When it comes to after-school programs, more is better.
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