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Weekly news coverage for Charlotte and Hinesburg
CVSD equity audit highlights disparities
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Generational divide between students, parents COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
The findings of the Champlain Valley School District’s equity audit show marginalized groups in the district are not achieving comparably high outcomes compared to their peers. There’s a generational divide between its students and their families in their understanding of the district’s equity and inclusion policy and practices, the audit found, and in the middle, teachers and school staff ask: What are we
supposed to be doing? Brought into the district in December on a $67,950 contract, Mass Insight spent the year conducting virtual and in-person interviews, collecting survey responses from more than 1,500 students in the district, 312 staff members and 234 family members of students, while engaging with students in 15 different focus groups and 25 with staff. Ultimately, their findings showed a misunderstanding among See AUDIT on page 7
Charlotte rejects bids for CVFRS consultant Town to engage groups as effort evolves COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
The Charlotte Selectboard rejected each of the two bids it received for a consultant to establish a municipally operated fire and rescue department. Instead, they plan to contact the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission to “look into developing a scope of
work for a more specific coordinator for the position that the town needs” to transition to a municipal fire and rescue service, selectboard member Matt Krasnow said. “Someone we can hire to coordinate the transfer” between the town and the nonprofit fire agency, selectboard member Lewis Mudge said of the role. The move comes after the town See CONSULTANT on page 7
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