WHITE RIVER JUNCTION The Hartford School Board is considering shortening the school day to reduce the burden on teachers who say the COVID-19 pandemic is hurting their morale, affecting school operations and straining staffing levels.“Our goal is to.
Hartford School Board hopes to promote further work addressing racism in Vermont
Hartford school board member Kevin Christie at the budget information session in White River Junction, Vt., on March 2, 2019. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Allene Swienckowski (Courtesy photograph)
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HARTFORD The Hartford School Board has taken the unusual step of publishing an open letter to Hartford residents and Vermont citizens, addressing long-standing issues of racism and racial harassment in towns across the state and calling for Vermonters to speak out against those incidents.
Hartford school budget ready for voters
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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION Hartford School Board members are sending a proposed $41 million budget to voters at Town Meeting but say the spending plan for the 2021-22 school year was complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the student population and housing prices in town.
As a result, school officials are also putting off roofing projects at two schools.
“We had to make some real changes,” Hartford School District Director of Finance Jim Vezina said at a virtual School Board meeting Wednesday where the budget was unanimously approved.
The proposal is roughly a $344,000 increase from the current year’s budget and reflects a 2.9 cent per $100 of valuation increase on the tax rate, to roughly $1.72. That translates to a $73 increase on a $250,000 home for homeowners not eligible for Vermont’s income sensitivity program.