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September 8, 2022
Director of diversity builds on experience With the Red Sea and the Arabian Peninsula to the east, the Nile River cutting through much of the country, and countries like Egypt, Ethiopia, Chad and Libya surrounding it, Sudan makes for a hotbed of ethnic and cultural diversity, with more than a dozen ethnic groups and hundreds of ethnic subgroups calling the country home. This is where Dr. Asma Abunaib grew up, initially hoping to pursue a career in textile engineering in her youth but eventually pivoting to a career working with internation-
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al humanitarian organizations in a country that has been mired with conflict for decades — through the first and second Sundanese Civil War and the War in Darfur. It makes Abunaib, the newest director of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for the Champlain Valley School District both wildly overqualified and perhaps exactly what is needed for the largest school district in Chittenden County, which is 90 percent white (Vermont is even whiter at 95 percent white), according to 2022 census figures. “In the communities where See DIVERSITY on page 4
Hinesburg’s largest housing development nearing final approval COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
A nearly 200-unit residential development, the largest ever planned for Hinesburg, is nearing final approval by the town’s development review board. The Haystack Crossing, set to be built in the Hinesburg Village just north of the Kinney Drugs on
the west side of Route 116 and to the south of Shelburne Falls Road, is in the final review state with the board. Members on Tuesday, Sept. 6, were set to potentially finalize the application by BlackRock Construction but could not proceed because the board did not have a quorum. See HOUSING on page 11
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