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Open House
February 1, 2010

The Integrated Arts Academy at HO Wheeler and the Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes will hold open houses on February 18th and 19th for interested families.
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Vision For Excellence And Equity
November 13, 2009

The School Board reaffirmed "Hallmarks of Excellence" as a cornerstone of the vision for the future of Burlington Schools. Read More

Grades Online

Students and parents can access report cards and classroom assignments online at our high school and middle schools using Snapgrades, available from the school websites.

Read the Burlington Free Press story

Watching Barack Obama At School
September 8, 2009

FOX 44 stopped in to capture on film all the students at our Integrated Arts Academy viewing Barack Obama's address.Watch the news clip

Food Service Visits Farm

50 members of our food service team attended a workshop at Shelburne Farms as part of our ongoing staff education to provide more healthy, local, nutritious food for students. Shelburne Farms helped to start and support the Farm-to-School program since it's launch in 2003.Read the Burlington Free Press story

H1N1 Flu update

Only a few months ago we were alerting you about the novel H1N1 or "swine flu". This letter contains updated information from the Vermont Department of Health. Read More (pdf format)

Summer Learning

Our teachers and administrators participate in ongoing professional development.. Last week, many teachers attended a class called, "Research for Better Teaching." Throughout the summer, teachers will attend classes in Responsive Classroom, Integrating Technology, and Differentiated Instruction, among others. Learn more at www.bsdvt.org. Read more

U.S. Secretary Of Education Visits Barnes

Arne Duncan & Jeanne Collins
           John Dillon/VPR

Secretary Arne Duncan visited Barnes school as part of his "Listening and Learning" Tour. Read More
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See the WCAX news coverage video clip. View Now
Click here to see a YouTube video of the visit View Now

Citizen Task Force Reviews Budget

The task force has met 3 times, and will meet again on July 2nd. This group has about 20 members from across Burlington, including those on the Mayor's Budget Task Force. The task force is digging into the details of our current budget, as well as our grant funding and education laws and mandates. Much of the time in our next meetings will focus on reviewing individual programs and brainstorming possible recommendations for changes in the school budget. Read More

Principal Updates

On July 1st, we have three new elementary school principals starting. We welcome Abi Sessions to the Sustainability Academy at Barnes, Paul Schreiber to Edmunds Elementary, and Graham Clarke at Flynn Elementary. We thank our former principals Paula Bowen, Guy Egri and Bonnie Ayer for their combined 47 years of service and dedication.

Read More about our new principals

Graham Clarke

Abi Sessions

Paul Shreiber