Kid's Korner – Education reform: a Cliff Notes guide for voters

By Charley Lund (Editor's Note: This is part of a series of occasional columns written by students participating in a children's writing group at Inklings Children's Books in Waitsfield). Election Day is November 3, and education reform in Vermont is not officially on the ballot but it’s on people’s minds. A poll recently conducted by Vermont Public, ranked education in the top five concerns for voters. In that same poll, 50% rated Vermont schools as “fair or poor.” Vermonters are concerned about the downward trend in the state’s education system; a more are concerned about the upward trend in property taxes. “A major flaw in how we fund schools in Vermont is an over-reliance on property taxes to fund many of the services that occur in our schools,” State Representative Dara Torre, D-Moretown, said.

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