The Burlington School District budget proposal is out. Ten people across the district will be laid off this year. 4.5 of those people will be teachers. Two of these ten positions are English Language teachers.  EL teacher Susan Blethen said the department...

Barwaaqo Sugow ‘26 said she definitely feels like there's a disproportionate number of black students to white students in honors classes. Both Sugow and Gladis Mbilampassi ‘26 said that this discrepancy makes them feel “out of place.”  “I...

In December, U.S. President Donald Trump called Somalia a “s**thole” country and its people “garbage.” In response, staff and students at Winooski Middle & High School raised Somalia's national flag. Almost ten percent of the school’s students...

In the deep October chill, a teacher hands out knives to her students. They’re on the roof of the BHS parking lot. They are talking and laughing with each other as they stab and slice their knives into…pumpkins. This pumpkin carving activity was a...

Pete Hegseth and his team said the press corps had an October 15th deadline to agree to the policy, and on this day, nearly every credible news organization turned in their press passes and walked out. The policy requires journalists to agree to only...

The O.N.E. Community Center was decorated with colorful Tibetan prayer flags and posters of the Dalai Lama. Groups of giggling little kids zip in and around people eating Tibetan food and browsing the vendors selling jewelry, stickers, and other items. On...

Avery Eringis ‘26 was discussing cell phone towers with a peer during physics class when, according to Eringis, that student started yelling and “lashing out.” A few hours later, Eringis had a meeting with Vice Principal Heather Win. Here, Win...

BHS moved from the old location on North Ave to the Macy's building to escape the dangerous carcinogens (PCBs) hidden in the walls. But the Macy's location has its own environmental concerns. Last year, the building saw mold in the carpets and the walls,...

Enrollment at Burlington High School has declined again this year, dropping from 897 students to 847. Enrollment determines staffing and funding through the district’s budget model; the decrease has implications for students, educators and taxpayers. “On...

The lunch rush at BHS begins as students wait in line, many of whom rely on the freely provided meals that have become a daily guarantee ever since Vermont made school meals free for every student in 2022. In fact, 62% of BHS students surveyed eat school...

Students want to know what concrete steps the city is taking to improve safety downtown, how the city addresses the homeless population and ensures affordable housing for young people and recent graduates. A recent poll of Burlington High School students...