Granville Superintendent Mark Bessen has been right all along. Earlier this year, as the School Board was trying to cope with state budget cuts, Bessen was adamant that the upstate districts were taking an unfair percentage of the cuts. Now, an expert in state aid says Bessen was right on the mark. Dr. Rick Timbs [...]
Eye-opening session on bullying
After 20 years in education, Gregg Chappell had never seen anything like it. “We had a situation with a student who was known to be a bully,” Chappell, dean of students at Whitehall Central School, told a crowd of close to 40 at “Bullying Prevention Night” on Jan. 6. “He started in on another student, [...]
Ross Albert is Valedictorian
Rosa Albert has been named the class valedictorian for the Whitehall High School class of 2010. Albert is the daughter of Rose and Floyd Beadle, and will be attending Siena College to pursue an education in mathematics teaching. “It was a goal of mine to be at the top of the class and it feels [...]







VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]