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Bus service company Travel Kuz ended its lockout of unionized bus drivers and monitors in southern Vermont on Monday. The school district is meeting with the company on Wednesday to follow up on complaints from families about service disruptions.

In this week's installment of School Stories, we discover the inner-workings of getting Vermont's kids fed and ready to learn.

Tense contract negotiations between the union representing school bus drivers for Windham Southeast Supervisory Union and the private company that employs them have led to a lockout that continued on the first day of school. Replacement drivers were brought in to transport students in the district.

A growing number of schools are taking steps to ban phones in the classroom.

With few teaching candidates applying, especially in more rural districts, administrators are being forced to get creative — like walking the streets of Barre City to find applicants.

Aziza Malik teaches fifth grade at Champlain Elementary in Burlington. For years, she's prioritized building relationships between her school and local businesses, nonprofits, and community stakeholders.

Vermont Public's Jenn Jarecki sat down with Jane Lindholm, host of the Vermont Public podcast But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids, to talk about tips for students worried about going back to school.

Twenty-five years of experimentation under race-neutral admissions policies — and a half-billion dollars later — the University of California system says they still can't meet their diversity goals.

Vermont's Agency of Education says there’s a growing inequity between districts that can get their projects passed by voters, and those that can't.And the agency also says there’s now a backlog of projects that’s potentially causing health and safety issues at the schools with the highest needs.

Historically, standardized tests have not been considered equitable to all students. In Vermont, education officials are now partnering with a new vendor for statewide testing.