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May 25, 2023
Weekly news coverage for Charlotte and Hinesburg
Charlotte selectboard questions petition for manager
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The ad hoc group of residents in Charlotte spearheading the petition to switch to a town manager form of government led a special meeting Tuesday night to answer questions from the selectboard and residents. Although the group’s petition garnered 200 votes — enough to force a town vote — it has agreed to work with the selectboard instead of filing the petition with the town clerk and forcing a vote. But some selectboard members have felt the petition was “uncooperative” from the start, especially at a time when the selectboard was attempting to pass a budget. “Everybody knows that the budget failed,” selectboard member Kelly Devine said. “Why take the route of the petition while we were in the midst of dealing with that significant challenge rather than coming to the selectboard before going forward with the petition?” “What made the petition feel aggressive is because it doesn’t acknowledge the time constraints that we’re under to replace this position,” she continued. See PETITION on page 12
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Robert Fragola reaches for the bag as an Essex player waits for the throw. CUV won Saturday’s game with a score of 8-5 and moves to 10-1. More sports on page 10.
CVU students propose new equity requirement COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Students from Champlain Valley Union High School are asking administrators to consider implementing a new ethnic studies and social equity credit as a requirement for graduation. The proposal would require every CVU student to earn a half-credit in a course
that focuses on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, according to a presentation given to the Champlain Valley School District School Board. “To fully implement the (school district’s) equity policy, CVSD must not only implement curricula which reflect the history and culture of students of all backgrounds, but also make engaging in these experiences a requirement,” Nisha Hick-
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ock, a junior at CVU from Hinesburg, said. “This also gives students the opportunity to meet the graduation standard of the responsible and involved citizenship.” CVU “already has routes to fulfill the equity credit in place,” said Bageshree Blasius, a social studies teacher at the high See EQUITY on page 11
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