Bennington candidates press for educational goals and board role
Mrs. Marie Bergquist, a Mt. Anthony school board candidate, argues for clear educational goals and stronger public discussion. She criticizes current boards for prioritizing money over learning and calls for teacher voices and community schooling ideas. Other candidates, including Sanford Buxbaum and Robert McWaters, stress funding efficiency, leadership, and forward looking curricula to improve MAUHS.
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Marie Bergquist
Mt. Anthony
North Adams State College
Bergquist
Mauhs
Robert McWaters
North Bennington
McWaters
Mt Anthony director McWaters on education aims and costs
Mec McWaters stresses he is not a tax cutter nor a spendthrift and backs the board stance against faculty pay raises. He urges cooperation between school and public, values intangible benefits of education, and argues teachers should have independence within common sense policies.
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Mt. Anthony
McWaters
Buxbaum
Bennington
Buxbaum Urges Raise If Affordable and Cuts in Building Costs
Buxbaum backs a teacher raise as top priority if affordable and criticizes the boards stance on salary increases. He favors smaller schools for control and calls for more community volunteers, better use of facilities, and internal printing to cut costs. He cites unused equipment and argues parents push broad roles on schools, stressing need to show overcrowding and public support for bonds.
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Bennington
Ecumenical Center
Mt. Anthony
North Bennington
Burgess Sees Budgets Tight Yet Positive School Outlook
Bennington resident Burgess weighs in on Burgess union high school system. He urges holding the line on budgets while opposing a pay raise for teachers this year. He praises staff screening and courses and supports the Bennington Program for dropouts.
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Union High School
Bennington
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Mt Anthony School Board candidates vie for three seats
Mt Anthony Union High School District voters in Woodford Shaftsbury Pownal Bennington and North Bennington choose three at large directors May 10. Bennington seat pits Marie Bergquist against Clyde Burgess Jr. North Bennington sees Sanford Buxbaum oppose Robert McWaters. Pownal seat has Ivor S Pelsue unopposed. All district residents vote for all three positions.
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Clyde Burgess
Bennington
Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Clyde Burgess Jr
North Bennington
Sanford Buxbaum
Robert McWaters
Pownal
Donald Rogers
Ivor S
Tink
Pelsue
Mt. Anthony Union District
School board ballots set for Monday voting hours
Balloting is scheduled for Monday with polling places open from 1 to 7 p.m. The Mt. Anthony annual meeting will begin its floor session at 8 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.
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Mt. Anthony
ACLU to screen The Selling of the Pentagon in Burlington
A special showing of the CBS documentary The Selling of the Pentagon will be held Tuesday May 11 at 8 p.m. in the Unitarian Church Burlington. The Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and its committee on academic freedom sponsor the event. Admission is free. A panel discussion will follow with Gordon Mills editor of the Burlington Free Press and Donald Steffens.
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Burlington Free Press
Donald Steffens
Selling of the Pentagon screenings set for May at UVM
Kenneth Wild and Ethan A. Sims announce additional showings of The Selling of the Pentagon on Wednesday May 12 at Carpenter Auditorium Vermont Union University noon and 1 pm Admission remains free with no discussions planned Episcopal Bishop Harvey D. Butterfield and Rutland Herald editor are noted organizers Moderator is Ethan A. Sims M D and ACLU academic freedom committee chair.
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Kenneth Wild
Rutland Herald
Harvey D. Butterfield
Vermont
Ethan A. Sims
ACLU
Academic Freedom Committee
Carpenter Auditorium
Uvm
Catamount School PTA Card Party Planned for May 19
A public card party for Catamount Brookside School will be held at Catamount School on Wednesday May 19 at 7 30 p m to benefit the PTA There will be free refreshments and special prizes Tickets are 1 from the Parent Teacher Organization and may be obtained at the door Attendees should bring their own cards and may play their preferred game.
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Catamount Brookside School
Catamount School
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