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TODAY: Public Education; Clear Statements & Testimony - Backed by 78 towns Across VT
April 3, 2025
Midday today, Thursday April 3rd. Testimony was given to the House Ways & Means Committee (they deal with all types of financial matters for the state) by 2 “on the ground” experienced leaders in public education.
Tons of attention has been drawn to education matters due to the proposal from Governor Scott and his controversial Secretary of Education, Zoie Saunders. For more on Saunders and this matter.
There were a number of people offering testimony today. Among them were Jeanne Albert and Ryan Heraty.
Jeanne Albert is the Chair of the Lincoln School District Board and a retired Professor of Mathematics from Middlebury College. Lincoln is located about 15 miles from Middlebury, VT. Click here to jump directly to her testimony.
Testifying next was Ryan Heraty who is the Superintendent of Lamoille South Supervisory Union (located about 10 miles north of Stowe, VT). Click here to jump directly to his testimony.
If you have a point of view on this matter or an opinion; this is a tremendous opportunity to say your piece. The email addresses for the your state senators and representatives are below.
Keep this in mind. Particularly for rural schools, towns, and villages (that's most of Vermont) -- where go the schools, so go the towns. In other words; If the schools close, the towns are going to struggle for their existence. Think about it. What conclusion do you come to?
The whole movement to take education control away from local towns and put it in the hands of the governor is usually credited to Governor Phil Scott and his newly appointed and controversial Secretary of Education, Zoie Saunders (formerly of Florida). So you may want to look in that direction.
The video below is the Vermont House Ways & Means Committee in a meeting today (4/3/2025).
The video starts at the point where the indicated person begins speaking. If you want to watch the entire meeting you can start the video at the beginning if you like. Recordings of this committee can be found at the following link House Ways & Means Live-stream and Recordings.
You can find the email addresses for your state senators and representatives by going to this link and searching by your town name. https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/search/2026