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BENNINGTON Come celebrate and commemorate our country’s newest federal holiday: Juneteenth, on the grounds of Mt. Anthony Union Middle School on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. The event
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BENNINGTON â In response to concerns over âcurricular violence,â the superintendent of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union has issued a directive that ârole-playingâ activities are not to be used in SVSU schools, effective immediately.
The impetus for the change came after a meeting this week between Mia Schultz, the mother of three boys in the SVSU district and administrators including Superintendent James Culkeen, over a pair of worksheets that were used in a Global Issues class at Mount Anthony Union High School.
âItâs a great step toward systemic change,â said Schultz, who is also the president of the Rutland-area NAACP, in a phone interview. âItâs encouraging that we can encourage those to do better and the community, who has rallied for this change. Pressure from the community was paramount. When we use our voices to speak up against this racism, quite frankly, we can