Five Candidates For 3 Year Terms On School Board
John Riddle of 810 Gage Street seeks a three year term on the village school board. A seven year trustee, he chairs the joint board's curriculum and building committees. As Deputy Director of the Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council he cites ties to local schools and youth services. Married, he has four sons with two in the Mount Anthony system. Cont’d on Pg 7 Col 2.
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John P. Riddle
Gage St
Riddle
Bennington-Rutland
Bennington Community Welfare Council
Bennington County Opportunity Council
Bennington - Rutland
Sleeman outlines bid for new Bennington district and school reforms
Dr. Richard A. Sleeman of 325 School St has served four years on the Village school board and on the merged district’s joint board committees. He holds a Ph.D. from NYU and is a professor at North Adams State College. Sleeman supports a new practical, utilitarian school building funded via bond equity, a phased ungraded system, and a long term goal of a single K-12 district coordinated with Mt Anthony. He advocates broader communication with teachers and parents and notes joint board actions align toward district consolidation within ten years.
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Richard Sleeman
School St
Sleeman
New York University
North Adams State College
North Adams
Mass
New Bennington
Candace
Bennington
Timothy
Juliette
Gibney
Bennington Teachers Association
Mt. Anthony
James S. Shea
Grandview St
Michael
Shea
Sharon
Jimmy
Erin
Loren
Joint Board
Bennington Friends of
Henry White for Bennington school board candidate
Henry E White of 117 Spring Street runs first bid for local school board and is Bennington Village fire alarm chief and former volunteer fire department head. He cites need for new elementary school while criticizing bond plans and the Mt Anthony Union High School project. He supports ungraded education ideas and calls for more health staff for 1500 district students.
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Henry E. White
Spring St
White
Bennington Village
Deborah
Nancy
Peter
A. White
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Union School Board
Alumni Field
Little League
Union Board
Mt. Anthony
B. White
Stewart Allen Wants Final Merger Work On New Bennington District
Stewart E. Allen of Eastview Drive, four year Prudential Committee veteran, seeks a seat on the new Bennington district board to finish the merger of the two Bennington districts. He notes overcrowding, supports testing ungraded education, and urges policy improvements and better staff relations while praising merger flexibility and future school openings.
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Stewart E. Allen
Eastview Drive
Prudential
Mt. Anthony
Bennington
Allen
A. Allen
John Miller for Bennington school board candidate
John W. Miller of 225 Washington Ave is a first time school board candidate. Active in Bennington Elementary PTA, former charter committee member, Rotary Club past fundraiser chair, and Warren Wire Co. product engineer. Married with four children, he supports a new elementary school to address growing pupil numbers. Cont’d on Pg 7 Col 5.
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John W
Jack) Miller
Washington Ave
Bennington
Warren Wire Co
Pownal
Miller
Susan
Anne
Mt. Anthony Union
Timmy
Polly
Five Candidates for Bennington District School Board
Five candidates vie for two two year terms on the Bennington District school board. Anthony J. Pello, Marie Condon, Virginia McKenna, James S. Shea and others discuss need for new elementary facilities and varied views on ungraded schooling. They urge strong turnout and question large union districts while emphasizing student focus and better teacher morale.
Bennington School Board Candidate Fay Morgan Declares Bid
Fay Morgan of 217 Silver St enters the race for a local school board seat. Widow of Dr. James H. Morgan who died in a September plane crash, she now works as a biochemist at Putnam Memorial Hospital Institute for Medical Research and volunteers with AAUW and Welcome Wagon. Morgan supports building a new elementary school and an ungraded system, vows to study costs and plans before acting if elected.
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D. Fay Morgan
Silver St
Bennington
American Association of University Women
Second Congregational Church
Morgan
Joint Board
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John Riddle
Richard A. Sleeman
Prospect School
North Bennington
Marion Stroud
C. White
Henry White
Stewart Allen
John Miller
John Miller Cont
John W. Miller
Tony Pello
Anthony J. Pello
Pello
Paradise Motor Inn
David
Cindy
Mary Ellen
A. Pello
Cont'don
Mrs
Marie Condon
Robert B
Marie) Condon
Elm St
Harriet Davis
Condon
Union
Virginia McKenna
Phillip
Virginia) McKenna
South Stream Road
Kimberley
Scott
Stark Street
McKenna
Giney
Fay Morgan
Mrs. D. Fay Morgan
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