When school’s out for summer, many children no longer have access to free, healthy and consistent lunch and breakfast. Summer meal programs offer a lifeline for families having a hard time getting enough food on the table, but this year, the options across the state will be limited.
The decisive vote was a victory for advocates of small elementary schools. But, amid declining enrollment and rising costs, it raises questions about both districts’ futures.
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LINCOLN By a margin of more than 3 to 1, Lincoln voted Tuesday to withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District. The vote count was 525-172 in favor of the measure.
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 10:16pm meganj
By:
Jonathan Johnson
I’ve been reading and ruminating on the discussions on the proposed withdrawal of Lincoln Community School from Mount Abraham Unified School District. I find the whole situation interestingly ironic. We homeschooled our kids right through high school, and the Lincoln school was seemingly supportive of this, as we never experienced any flack or intrusion from them.
The state Agency of Education (AOE) on the other hand decided they were within their rights to reinterpret statute, which is
not their domain. We were pestered, and threatened with action from the Department for Children and Families by the appointed bureaucrats and wannabe interim commissioner at the time. No amount of quoting the statute to them made any difference, until a legal firm also quoted the statute to them on their letterhead. then, and only then, did AOE back off.