Mount Holly Newsflash - Monday, January 16, 2023 The weather today in Mount Holly - A chance of snow showers before 8am, then a chance of snow and a chance of sleet between 8am and 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 24. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com
The Mount Holly Town Library will be closed on Monday Jan 16 in observance of Martin Luther King's birthday.-- Joe Galbraith, Library Director Mount Holly Town Library 26 Maple Hill Road Belmont, VT 05730 802.259.3707
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Ludlow Rotary Hears from Expeditionary School at Black River Board Member Patrick Pullinen
At their January 11th meeting the Ludlow Rotary Club heard from Pat Pullinen, of the Expeditionary School at Black River (ESBR) Board of Directors. The school is now in its 3rd year of operation, offering project based learning to students in grades 7 through 12. The Board has been working for state certification approval for the past 3 years. Certification would allow school choice for students to attend the school bringing state tuition reimbursement with them. This funding would permit the school to hire more faculty and accept more students.
The application to the State resulted in the board being asked additional questions, hosting a site visit and finally, subcommittee review. Unfortunately, the subcommittee recommended denial. The Board has added requested procedures and processes as a result of the review. They will go through the certification process again, hoping to be able to establish a $150,000 budget. To be successful as a school, they need to be able to plan and budget with State certification.
Expeditionary learning is a rare option for students. There are only 116 recognized programs in the US that offer this interdisciplinary approach to learning. All students do projects as part of their education. Projects can be anything a student wishes. Each project includes math, science, and English combined into the project study. Proficiency based grading is used.
In response to a question, Pullinen stated that currently, the target number of students ESBR can support is 14 to 15, so they are not recruiting because they are at capacity. Expeditionary school should be the future of education, he feels. Pullinen did ask members of the Rotary Club to consider joining their board as ESBR is currently recruiting new board members.
Anyone interested in learning more about joining Rotary is invited to contact Kevin Barnes, Membership Chairman at (802) 228-8877, to receive an invitation to a meeting.
