Perhaps before making a judgement you should look at outcomes for students and compare those to even the top performing public school in the State. Then your argument about a teaching degree may have some merit. But the outcomes for students speak for themselves. Especially considering SJA and LI serve an enormous number of children from the consistently most economically depressed area of the state, the NEK. Are you from the NEK? Do you have any idea what the culture here is like or the lack of opportunities there will be for the poorest kids in the state if this were to be passed the way it is currently written?

No, you’re more concerned about virtue signaling that private school equals bad. Our public school education system is in shambles for a reason and you think it’s a good idea to force the four schools in question to start running on that model? Maybe actually have some idea what you’re debating before you make comment. I’m an atheist. Avowed socialist since the 90s. This isn’t a black and white issue like people are attempting to make it.

Is Austin Powers in town?

I’m right there with ya. I know I’ve seen this car before but not the driver. The image in my head is not flattering and probably accurate.

Shoot I need to clarify this is not me! Saw the post on FPF and wanted to give it a little more exposure! Still good advice for the poor couple dealing with this! It’s the reason I have dash cams.

“We believe playing against an opponent with a biological male jeopardizes the fairness of the game and the safety of our players,” MVCS head of school Vicky Fogg wrote in an email to the Valley News on Wednesday evening.

While you may find this explanation disingenuous coming from a Christian school, it has merit based on a simple principle of fair play. It's not like the team refused to compete against female players who were black.

Sure that's true in a lot of cases, but it's not uncommon for second home owners to have one parent claim residency in their ski house to get payment for out of state private schools that their kids were attending anyway. I don't want to thow the baby out with the bathwater, but I also don't want to pay for a rich person to send their kid to an elite boarding school. Especially when that kid/rich person aren't even really part of my community in the first place.

What is the point of this comment?

Requiring a teacher to have a degree in education doesn't seem all that far fetched to me. Doesn't matter how knowledgeable someone is if they don't know how to effectively pass that knowledge on to others, specifically children, in a meaningful way.

And SJA has been pulling shenanigans for years where it'll claim it's a private school so no one has any say over what it does with its money and then claim it's a public school so give it all the tax dollars please and thank you. The status quo is not working.

This is exactly what I mean about under funding the public schools. Trying to pick a private school to fund instead just seems like asking for trouble. Private schools can teach anything they want (on top of basic curriculum). I think we should add a little on to the income tax (which is progressive meaning charges people with more money more) so that we can fund our schools better. There are probably obstacles that I am not aware of in the regions w/o HSs, but I am willing to spend a lot of money to make sure that public money does not support religious indoctrination. The separation defined in the constitution is critical to our democracy!

My buddy had this happen two nights in a row in Barnet. Caught the guy multiple times on his property. In the Garage, in porch trying to get in, carriage house etc.

Two nights in a row, no police. This is why he owns a gun. After he pulled it, they did not come back. Love that we have 2 state police to cover a small ass area and they don't even bother to do a follow up to see if he was hurt or if he killed the guy.

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Hilltop price via Irving Energy today 2/28/23

It was and it wasn’t. My child attends SJA. That school will be a ghost of what it is now under the bill as proposed as it will force these schools to operate under the same regulations as public schools.

That means things like hiring PhD so and so to teach in his area of expertise because he’s the best person for the job will no longer be allowed because they’ll be required to have a degree is secondary education. So the fact that they may be 100 times more knowledge about the subject matter won’t matter if they can’t get a VT teaching licensure. I’m sorry but my daughter has by far the best teachers I’ve ever seen at this school. There are unintended consequences to these bills as written that need to be addressed. And this is just one example.

The whole point of a private school is that it’s private.

If the public is paying, it’s a public school.

Accordingly, any publicly-funded school (private or not) should be forced to comply with any regulations that apply to public school. Don’t wanna comply? That’s fine, but the public isn’t paying for your BS.

Stanstead.

Some towns don’t have a local public school

This is the correct answer. The police will also likely get in contact with Mr(s) Shaguar and chat about the damage.

> I don't understand why any private school would get public money

Simple some districts don't have a public high school at all.

Pro Pig, Alchemist, Idletyme Brewing, Harrison's (reservation required), and Skinny Pancake are good options too.

I love how a “school choice” bill actually is limiting school choice. As long as a school agrees to the anti-discrimination policies they should be able to accept students and taxpayer funds. But in this bill we are even limiting public dollars to public schools. Currently, as a sending town my kids can go to any public school (actually all Vt students have this option), this bill would limit them to 3 options… for what purpose? Seems like a lack of thought and reasoning on Rep Hardy’s part.

Piecasso was great. My wife and I liked Idletyme- they’re apparently closed for a bit due to a burst pipe but we had a nice time there. There’s a little bit of a main drag that’s nice to shop around at. The Skinny Pancake has really great stuff (took me forever to figure out they don’t actually have pancakes and they sell crepes). Stowe has lots to offer. April could still be pretty cold.

Keep the name, it's great! Joke 'em if they can't take a... And yes, I concur most delinquent taxes are paid a shortly after they are delinquent.

It's such a regular normal thing that has been going on for ages can't remember the name but that school in Canada even sends a bus to Newport or Derby to collect the students. Wonder how that worked during covid though with the border closure?

I don't understand why any private school would get public money! I went to a private school 1-8. As far as I can see the biggest problem we have with public schools is under funding. We are not attracting the best and brightest to the field. Our children are our ONLY future, there is no other.

Private schools should not receive ANY taxpayer dollars.

Sorry that happened to you, not cool. Totally support the police report and it sounds like you got great IDing info - good on you for being aware! But I did have to laugh at the Jaguar X-Type (epic failure of a car) in VT with VT plates and the ego of personalizing that plate to read SHAGUAR. 😂 Shagging where? When it’s broke down on the side of the road, or stuck, and a repair costs more than a used x-type off a third row lot. Down vote my salty ass - but I’m right.