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Act 73: Time to realize we’ve gone down the wrong path.
The Legislature willingly followed the Governor down a dubious path of H.454/Act 73 for fear of being branded with “not doing something” to address the concerns with property taxes. Following a large number of failed school budgets in the spring of 2024 and an election in November of 2024 that resulted in Republicans eliminating the Democratic super majority, Governor Scott had the upper hand. The Governor was able to stick to a simple message that Democrats were responsible for high property taxes and he was going to do something about it. Although the Democrats need to own their lack of attention to issues that matter to middle income and working class Vermonters, Vermont’s economic woes are more complicated and certainly not to blame solely on the public education system in Vermont that must also contend with inflation, upward pressure on wages and the highest health care costs in the country. Nonetheless, we headed down a path of redistricting to a promised destination of property tax relief.
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The Echo, Winter 2025
Explore our Programs
A.I.M.
The Aspire-Imagine-Motivate program supports career exploration and promotes post-secondary aspirations for middle school students.
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Middle School Leadership
VREC partners with Northwoods Stewardship Center annually to provide a day of self-reflection and leadership training for 8th grade students each spring.
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Professional Learning
VREC hosts a wide range of courses and workshops, along with several professional learning networks in support of educators across our region and beyond.
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Expeditionary Field Studies
Providing middle school students with multi-day, place-based learning experiences such as canoeing, hiking and learning about ocean ecology on the Maine Coast.
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Mini-grants
VREC provides grants to schools within our collaborative for student-led, place-based learning, community-based service learning projects, and to support diversity, equity and inclusive practices. LEARN MORE
Workforce Development
VREC was awarded a grant from the Vermont Agency of Education to collaborate with NEK school systems and institutions of higher education to develop pathways for teacher licensure. LEARN MORE
Learn more about the impact we had in the most recent school year by reading our ANNUAL REPORT.
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WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR LOCAL PARTNERS
VREC is actively developing partnerships on a local state and national level. Our partnerships are based on mutually developed goals and are built over time.
