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Volume 51 Number 39
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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 12
Regional commissions confront climate change AARON CALVIN STAFF WRITER
About 100 years ago, Vermont was three degrees cooler than it is today; 80 years from now, it’s going to be anywhere from three to 12 degrees hotter, according to David Grass, an environmental health program manager with the Vermont Department of Health. “That means a lot more extreme heat days,” he said. “So, to the extent that we can begin adapting — doing the long-term planning, the mitigation work, and some short-term planning —
what do we do leading up to and during the crisis, we’ll figure out the steps that we need to take to protect Vermonters and to protect each other, which is what it comes down to.” While Vermonters are no strangers to the frigidly cold days of winter, it’s the increased frequency of dangerously hot days, when temperatures reach over 95 or even 100 degrees Fahrenheit, that could represent an increased health threat to the state’s most vulnerable populations. See CLIMATE CHANGE on page 16
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Crews from Shelburne Fire and Shelburne Rescue held a patient extraction training to familiarize the departments with new rescue jacks used to stabilize a vehicle when it’s on uneven ground. The jacks provide safer conditions when getting someone out of a vehicle involved in an accident, said fire chief Jerry Ouimet.
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