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NEWFANE â Discussion on a proposal for the town to offer anti-bias or diversity training to town employees, town officials and any interested community members will continue but not without debate on its necessity and whether it is in the municipalityâs purview.
âWe will keep this on the agenda as a working item,â Select Board Chairwoman Angela Sanborn said at the board meeting held in person with remote options Monday. âI think itâs an important topic. I donât think we can mandate anyone to do the training. Iâd like to research it more.â
Editor of the Reformer,
I read two pieces in this past weekend s Reformer with interest. In one piece ( Local baby boomers remember one-room schoolhouses ), readers from greater Brattleboro submitted their perfectly articulate remembrances of attending one-room schoolhouses in the 1950s. These were tiny and scattered throughout each town, staffed by one or two competent, caring, and professional teachers. Non-teaching employees (nurse, gym teacher, principal) came on an as-needed basis to each of the schools in the town. Kids walked home for lunch if they could; if they couldn t, they got lunch in the school. The memories focused on favorite teachers, learning independently and in groups, playing outside, drinking milk from glass bottles, and having an older kid be responsible for getting the fire going and keeping the school clean. I came away with a very clear picture of what school life was like in those days, and it seems like the former students writing these letters turned out