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Pot Culture: Does BHS Have a Problem With Marijuana?

Pot Culture: Does BHS Have a Problem With Marijuana?

July 21, 2016

On November 8th, seven states voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, including Maine and Massachusetts.  While legalization efforts in Vermont are currently on pause, Burlington High School is still feeling the effects of decreased stigmatization. The...

OPINION: Chill With the Surveys

OPINION: Chill With the Surveys

July 21, 2016

We all know the dreaded feeling of a Google Form waiting for us in our inbox. Even as the person who has made one of these convoluted surveys, I loathe taking them. When I created a survey to gain student input on the budget, I received many curse words...

Board members discuss the FY18 budget during a finance committee meeting on Tuesday night.

District Announces Preliminary Budget

July 21, 2016

Over two dozen residents packed into the Ira Allen Board Room at the Burlington School District central offices on Tuesday night for the school board finance committee meeting. The agenda: presenting next year's budget. Superintendent Yaw Obeng and...

BHS Principal Tracy Racicot explains the faculty preferences for the redesigned schedule. | Photo: Alexandre Silberman/Register

Time for Change?

July 20, 2016

BHS Principal Tracy Racicot started the school year with a big problem to tackle: scheduling. Only a few months into the job, she is hard at work figuring out a solution. “What we really want to do is have a schedule that aligns with our core values...

BEA President Fran Brock addresses the media after reaching a tentative agreement with the Burlington School Board in October, 2016. | Photo: Alexandre Silberman/Register

Union, School Board Reach Tentative Agreement

July 19, 2016

After over 10 hours of slow negotiations between the Burlington Education Association (BEA) and the school board, a tentative agreement has been reached. The deal will prevent a teacher strike and allow for all normal school operations, including athletics,...

The room was jam-packed with over 100 educators and community members at the Burlington School Board meeting on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Union Votes to Strike, Final Mediation Session Today

July 19, 2016

Burlington teachers might be on the picket lines tomorrow. The Burlington Education Association (BEA) voted to strike last Thursday if a tentative settlement is not reached during today’s mediation session. 96 percent of the 342 teachers present voted...

School Board Member David Kirk, wearing a purple shirt, pictured at a meeting on Oct. 13. | Photo: Alexandre Silberman/Register

Board Member’s Facebook Page Prompts Calls to Resign

July 19, 2016

Burlington School Board Member David Kirk is drawing complaints and calls for his resignation after a series of Facebook posts surfaced that are racist and degrading to women, immigrants and students. The outcry comes at a tense time for the Burlington...

Students use their computers during the BHS auditorium study hall on Monday, Oct. 17. | Photo: Alexandre Silberman/Register

‘It’s a Bad Idea:’ The Problems of the Auditorium Study Hall

July 18, 2016

75 teenage students. Two teachers. Poor lighting and internet. For Burlington High School Social Studies teacher Ron MacNeil, this chaos is an experience he endures regularly: supervising a study hall in the auditorium. “As a study hall space, it’s...

Sophomore Growing Parkour Community

Sophomore Growing Parkour Community

Lucy Govoni July 18, 2016

In every action movie there is that cliche chase scene, either in a car or on foot. The actors leap over buildings and backflip off walls. Sometimes they jump from high heights onto solid ground or backflip over a passerby. These iconic scenes always...

Restorative Practices Enter Second Year at BHS

Restorative Practices Enter Second Year at BHS

Theo Davis July 16, 2016

Days of writing on a chalkboard for punishment are over. Burlington High School has transitioned to restorative practices for a five-year pilot program. Restorative practices are an alternative method of dealing with issues and working with the people...

Illustration: Alexandre Silberman/Register

Too Young to Smoke?

July 16, 2016

When Vermonters turn 18 they can vote and serve in the military, but a new piece of legislation might change the smoking age to 21. The Vermont House approved the bill, H.93, this April after an 84-61 vote and multiple revisions, but the senate did not...

Teachers applaud a speaker during the public comment period at the Burlington School District meeting on Thursday, Oct. 13.

GALLERY: Community speaks at board meeting

July 13, 2016

Photos: Alexandre Silberman/Register

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