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Lola Duffort
Education/Youth ReporterLola is Vermont Public's education and youth reporter, covering schools, child care, the child protection system and anything that matters to kids and families. She's previously reported in Vermont, New Hampshire, Florida (where she grew up) and Canada (where she went to college).
Get in touch at lduffort@vermontpublic.org.
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State officials are standing up four recovery offices in Barre, Plainfield, Lyndonville and Hinesburg.
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"I've seen the decline in President Biden, in his health... It's obviously his decision to make, but I think he should step aside. I don't think he's competent to serve another four years," the Vermont Republican governor said.
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Vermont was among the states affected by a faulty update to Windows servers that wreaked havoc around the world Friday morning.
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That's in large part thanks to a new Vermont law that requires all public schools to offer free lunch during the school year. Meal sites are open at schools, libraries, community centers and churches in all 14 counties.
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Age and drivability requirements will be waived for flood-damaged vehicles, and enhanced incentives are available for flood victims.
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The work is tasked with looking at everything about how Vermont funds, governs, and delivers public education in order to come up with reforms that'll rein in costs and maintain quality and equity.
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Recovery for Barre's North End neighborhood is proceeding in a much more piecemeal fashion than the wholesale transformation envisioned by the governor.
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The bill will result in an average property tax increase of 13.8% to pay for locally-approved school spending. The ever-rising cost of education amid declining enrollment once again dominated discussion at the Statehouse this year.
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The students who first stepped onto the escalator in the former Macy’s building as freshmen are graduating. And while attending class in a defunct department store may sound pretty dystopian, for BHS’s class of 2024, that was just high school.
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When about 20 Burlington high school students visited the Queen City’s police department headquarters Wednesday for a forensics class, officers staged a mock shooting — complete with a masked assailant and realistic gun shot sounds. But the demonstration came without apparent warning to the students themselves, who dove for the ground in terror.