Burlington School District’s Building Construction Oversight Committee (BCOC) met yesterday, October 15, to discuss updates regarding Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and urban soils in relation...
Last night the Burlington School Board unanimously approved a $91,525,288 budget for the 2020-2021 school year. The 2019-2020 school year had an approved budget of $88,706,132. This new proposed budget...
With senior year comes newfound freedom, fun traditions, and the everpresent excitement of graduation. In addition to these exciting aspects of being in 12th grade, there is one thing that most students...
From elevator malfunctions to water-damaged ceilings, 53 year-old Burlington High School (BHS) has clear building problems that the community has to address.
In May of 2017, Superintendent Yaw Obeng called...
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The Burlington School Board voted to adopt a budget of $73.76 million for FY18 at a meeting at Hunt Middle School on Jan. 10. The result is a 6.6 percent budget increase...
Before I begin, I’ll take a second and make clear that I have no preference on what the nickname of South Burlington High School is. I can understand those who want to keep the Rebel nickname and those...
1,500 water bottles are being bought every second in the U.S, according to treehugger.com. That’s 90,000 water bottles each minute. While there is access to cold, filtered water stations on campus, Burlington...
Students, teachers, and community members around Vermont are reacting to Governor Phil Scott’s first school budget proposal. On January 24, Gov Scott announced a local school budget freeze to help level...
Isn’t it funny how students do not get a say in our new schedule when we are the ones it is directly affecting? The current schedule does not meet student’s needs. It does not provide opportunities...
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...
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...
