Burlington School District

Proposed IAA Renovation Project! PTO Meeting Wednesday

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Dear IAA Families and Staff, 

I’m writing today with an exciting update about a plan to renovate IAA. As some of you know, BSD has been talking about conducting a major renovation of the school since at least 2008. Over the course of the past year, conversations around ESSER funding allowed us a path to make this project a reality in the near future! 

While there are still a number of details to finalize, we believe we will be ready to begin a large-scale renovation project for the school beginning this Spring. The overview of the project is below. One of the reasons we can make this project happen is that we believe we have identified swing space for part of the school during the time the work is happening. This has been a big obstacle that we haven’t been able to solve until now. This plan does mean that we will need to relocate some or all of the IAA community from the beginning of the 2024/25 school year until possibly March of 2025, and we will still need to determine exactly what the relocation will look like.

On September 19, the board will be discussing, and hopefully voting to give permission to District leaders to officially begin to put the project in motion. We are moving quickly because ESSER funds must be spent by the end of September 2024, so if we are going to do this, the time is now. 

In preparation for this, our partners in this proposed project from Colin Lindberg Architects will be attending IAA’s PTO meeting on September 13th. They will give a presentation of the major scope and goals of the project, provide some opportunity for input on some elements that are not finalized (cabinetry, shelving, fixtures, site features for planters/landscape, play structure relocations, etc.), and answer some general questions about the project. As you read through the project highlights below, please keep in mind that there are a number of things that have yet to be finalized. 

Specifics that Still Need to Be Decided
1) Total Scope of the Project: We have identified about $11,750,000 of available funds for this project;  $250,000 from the HVAC Assistance Program, $10m in American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER grant funds, and approximately $1,495,000 in local capital funds. Of this, $10m in ESSER must be spent on upgrading ventilation systems. With that in mind, we are thinking of this project in two phases. Phase 1 would need to be done as soon as possible and everything would be ventilation-related; these are the changes we are working to commit to. Phase 2 consists of additional building priorities (see below) that we would like to pursue if funding allows. Our plan is to put all of Phase 2 out to bid at the same time we bid Phase 1 and determine what we can afford and in what order. 

2) Relocation Site: Colin Linberg Architects has been reviewing the St. Mark’s location on North Avenue as a swing space to determine how many classrooms could be added to that facility. Under one scenario, we may be able to move K-5 (but not preschool or STEP), though there would be no cafeteria because the current cafeteria would need to be converted to classroom space to fit everyone. Going this route would mean some classrooms would not have full floor-to-ceiling walls (similar to DtBHS). A second scenario is that only part of the school would move to St. Marks at any one time. We also recognize that as part of relocation, we’ll need to work with our partners to determine the best way to offer afterschool programming. 

3) Transportation: When we did similar projects in the past at Smith and Flynn, we were able to provide bussing from the school to the temporary locations. We are committed to doing that here as well but will not have detailed plans until we are much farther along in the process. 

Project Highlights

Phase 1 (ESSER Funded) – HVAC and Electrical Upgrade of Entire building 

Potential Phase 1 Timeline (subject to change): April 2024 (with no student displacement until fall) – Dec. 31, 2024

Potential Cost: Unknown; in the bidding phase

Highlights: 

  • High performance, heat recovery ventilation, and dehumidification (the same system that is now in place at Smith and Flynn)
  • Geothermal under the playground
  • Asbestos and lead abatement
  • New windows in K-2 Wing
  • New insulation, including the attic
  • ADA upgrades
  • Electrical infrastructure upgrades
  • High-performance LED lighting
  • Asbestos removal from the walls of all learning space
  • Kitchen Hood Exhaust
  • New Roof Top Structure & Required Screening to structurally support new HVAC Equipment

Phase 2 (General Bonding) – Complete Architectural and Thermal Upgrade to Building Envelope 

Potential Phase 2 Timeline (subject to change): June 2024 – March 2025

Projected Cost: Unknown; in the bidding stage

Highlights: 

  • Replace the building envelope in the K-2 wing and cafeteria, 
  • Creation of ADA-accessible bathrooms
  • Additional kitchen upgrades
  • Adjustment of kindergarten classrooms to have the same square footage
  • Sprinkler systems upgrade in the 1893 building (including attic)
  • Divert roof rainwater from city combined storm/sewer to on-site underground treatment system
  • Site stormwater control improvements and grading
  • Safety fencing around the 1893 sloped roof zones
  • New gym flooring, ceiling, and lighting (after completing HVAC work above the ceiling in P1)
  • Wall framing, building envelope finishes, and other related work throughout the building

I know this is a lot to digest, but I hope you are as excited about the possibility of this project as I am. While we still have a lot to decide here, this is an incredible opportunity to merge local, state, and federal funding sources to help our wonderful community. 

Please join us on Wednesday. 

In Partnership, 

Tom

FREE Community Event “Playing Fields” Comes to HMS this Saturday

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Burlington School District and The Flynn are thrilled to bring Playing Fields to HMS. This year, 12-foot tall, luminous horses light up your fields and joust, dance, and play with the audience to bring a whimsical and surprising back-to-school celebration to the school district and surrounding community. Bring your friends, family, and neighbors to come play with us on Saturday, September 9. Doors open at 6:00 pm, show starts at 6:30 pm.

This event is FREE and open to everyone! Parking is available onsite at HMS and the event takes place on the playing fields.

Join BSD’s Strategic Plan Guiding Coalition Steering Committee

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Dear BSD students, families, staff, and Burlington community members,

Now that the school district has adopted its latest 5-year strategic plan, we are reaching out to invite you to apply to be on our Guiding Coalition Steering Committee made up of students, families, staff, and community members. This coalition will make sure that we are staying true to the stated vision of our new, 5-year strategic plan and approve large changes in direction. We are committed to having students, families, school and district staff, and community members continuing to co-construct our path forward.

At the meetings, our Steering Committee will share updates on progress in the priority areas, learn from each other about ways to support the work, gather evidence and feedback about impact, and make plans for further progress. The committee will also reflect on whether the current strategic planning work is student-centered and responsive, and to what extent your school district is adhering to our stated initiatives.

This Steering Committee will meet every month, up to 10 times each year (not in July or December), in-person, on the last Thursday of the month for two hours from 5:30-7:30pm. Twice a year, the committee may engage in a longer retreat, in place of their monthly meeting to do more in-depth reflection and planning. The first meeting is scheduled for September 22, 2022. Members of the coalition will be compensated at a rate of $25 per hour and dinner and childcare will be provided at all evening meetings.

The deadline to complete the online application is August 15, 2022. To apply, please click on the appropriate link:

Students

Parents and caregivers and community members

BSD employees

For more information on the purpose and context for the Guiding Coalition Steering Committee read here, or email or call Victor Prussack at vprussac@bsdvt.org or 802-316-6653.

IAA Principal Search Update: BSD Names Finalists – Meet the Candidates March 3

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The IAA Principal Hiring Committee has announced three finalists for the IAA principalship. The candidates are Andy Johnson, currently serving as a music teacher at Milton Elementary School; Jessica Ochs, currently serving as a music teacher at Grand Isle School; and Mattie Scheidt, currently serving as Interim Principal at IAA.

All candidates participated in an in-person Staff Forum as well as a Community Forum on March 3rd, which you can see below. In the few weeks, the Hiring Committee will review feedback from the forums and recommend one or two candidates to be interviewed by Superintendent Flanagan who will make a final recommendation to the board.

For questions about the process, please email: iaaprincipalsearch (at) bsdvt (dot) org

Community Forum

Feedback Form

Thank you for participating in our Staff and Community Forums. Please fill out this form to provide feedback.

Meet the Candidates

Andy Johnson
Presently in my 18th year as an arts educator, I am teaching music at Milton Elementary School and have previously taught elementary, middle and high school music in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Vermont, including in Burlington’s Hunt and Edmonds Middle School.  Prior to joining the team at Milton, I taught orchestra in the Madison Metropolitan School District (WI), a city with 42 public schools focused on bringing a rich and diverse arts curriculum to all students.

Deeply invested in equity and culturally responsive teaching, I have worked with educators in and outside the arts to critically develop curriculum and pedagogy that matches students’ needs.  In Madison, I led professional development on Anti-Racist Teaching Practices and Systems of Inequity and Oppression. As a music educator, I bring an active understanding of the National Core Arts Standards, which are integral in IAA’s mission of arts integration.

I actively initiate partnerships to bring the artistic community into the learning experience.  In Madison, I maintained strong relationships with professional arts organizations and university faculty that frequently brought artists, professors, and guest soloists into the classroom.  At IAA, I will continue to build meaningful partnerships that provide students with personal access to great artists.

I search for solutions that are equitable and data- driven. In my current position, I am working with district leadership to improve our MTTS supports, specifically the Educational Support Team (EST), in order to focus on short-term interventions and ensure care-taker involvement.  Poised to lead continuous improvement at IAA, I will seek creative solutions that utilize the arts integration framework to drive social-emotional, artistic, and academic growth.

At home, I relish the joys and challenges of raising two amazing children in partnership with my wife, Mary.  We cook, eat, tell jokes (mine are all puntastic), hike, and mountain bike as a family.  I grew up playing cello, baseball, and exploring the shores of Lake Michigan in my hometown of Milwaukee. 

Jessica Ochs
My name is Jessica Ochs, I have built my career in education over the past 20 years. For these years I have been teaching music, K-6, at Grand Isle School. I believe an educator can most help children by being a consistent person in their lives. This is why I have stayed in one position for an extended period of time. I have loved teaching music yet have discovered that my real passion is helping children be happy, healthy, and successful in school and later on as adults.  This is why I seek to be an administrator.  I believe I can help the most children in this position.  

During my undergraduate years at Keene State College, I obtained my Degree in Technical Theater and Design as well as Music Education.  Through my theater experience I was a technical intern at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts (a world-renowned summer festival for modern dance), I was the lighting designer for Chandler Music Hall, and a summer intern at St. Michael’s College.  I specialize in instrumental and general music. I have a passion for all things creative and I greatly enjoy using my creativity as a pathway to educate children.  The arts connect us all as humans and are instinctive to children.  

In 2010, I obtained my Master’s of Education from Plymouth University.  I finished My Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in School Leadership from Saint Michael’s College in 2018. 

At Grand Isle School, I worked to add leadership responsibilities to my day by becoming the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) coordinator for the building.  I worked with a team of educators to build interventions and goals for students who need extra support beyond initial classroom instruction.  These supports were behavioral and social emotional, in addition to academic.  

I love planning all school activities and events that connect students with their community and school. These foster strong relationships among students, families, and community partners.  

When I’m not at work, I love spending time with my husband and two boys (ages 10 and 8).  We enjoy cooking, gardening, and playing board games together.  Both boys enjoying archery and compete at statewide tournaments.  I have been known to join them on the range from time to time. 

I look forward to meeting all of you!

Mattie Scheidt
My name is Mattie-Jean Scheidt and I am currently the Interim Principal at The Integrated Arts Academy. I have been an educator for the past 24 years and 13 of those years have been with the Burlington School District. I grew up in Franconia NH, which is famous for Franconia Notch and Polly’s Pancake Parlor. I graduated from Appalachian State University for my Bachelors Degree and University of Vermont for Masters of Educational Leadership.

I taught special education for K-2 graders in New York City where I developed my own lessons involving movement and interactive games to enhance the learning of my students.  When I moved to Burlington, I became the Special Education Coordinator for Centerpoint School and then worked as a Behavior Specialist in the Burlington School District.  These positions allowed me to hone my skills working with students affected by trauma and who struggle with emotional regulation. 

After earning my Masters degree, I worked as an Assistant Principal in Essex and Dean of Students at Milton Elementary School in order to gain experience as an administrator. I had the opportunity six years ago to join the Burlington School District Leadership Team and was placed as the Assistant Principal at Lyman C. Hunt Middle School and then as Principal for the past 5 years. While at Hunt Middle School, I co-created with my staff the HMS Philosophy of Teaching and Learning and common understanding of engagement. We worked together to create a block of time that focused on intervention/extension of learning to reduce the amount of times students were being pulled out of primary instruction.

Although I have enjoyed my time at the middle school, I love working with elementary aged students which is why I would like to stay with the IAA community. 

I support the Burlington School District goals, which focus on reducing the disparities and closing the achievement gap with BIPOC students. I have been actively involved in workshops/classes regarding race, LBGTQIA and equity. These workshops have made me examine my own bias and how they could impact my role as a leader of school.

I have lived in Burlington for the past 22 years with my husband, son and daughter. Both of my kids went through the Burlington School District K-12. My daughter was the last class to graduate from the original BHS building in 2020. I have enjoyed being able to commute to my jobs on foot or by bike these past few years and hope to continue to do so in the future. In my free time, I can be found on a mountain either hiking or skiing, spending time with family and friends or playing ice hockey.

Thank you to our Hiring Committee

Please join us in thanking our Hiring Committee for their commitment to this important work! Thank you Stephanie Reid and Christopher Celotto for supporting this team in our HR Office!

Zaharo Adan, IAA parent and BSD multilingual liaison

Kristen Bingel, IAA English Learner Teacher

Bonnie Johnson-Aten, Principal EES (will also serve as our moderator for Staff and Community Forums)

Erin Kranichfeld, IAA Parent (representing the IAA PTO)

Melissa Rose, IAA Elementary Teacher

Emily Titterton, IAA Art Coach

Jody Woos, Community Partner: Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival

Test to Stay Information

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BSD is implementing the voluntary Vermont Agency of Education antigen Test to Stay (TTS) program.

TTS is used when unvaccinated students are identified as a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19 while they were in school. The intention of TTS is to allow students who would otherwise be required to quarantine to remain in school; keeping in mind that vaccinated individuals who are close contacts are not required to quarantine. 

TTS is only for students who are not fully vaccinated and who are: (1) asymptomatic, and; (2) identified as close contacts of a positive case that they encountered at school. It replaces the need for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated individuals to quarantine and miss school days, however, students who are not fully vaccinated are still expected to quarantine at home, including in the evening and on the weekends.

How can my student participate in the Test to Stay program?

In order for your student to participate in the Test to Stay program, please complete these two forms:

  1. Test to Stay Consent Form – parent/guardian consent for student participation
  2. SimpleReport – reports the results of testing to parents/guardians

How does the Test to Stay program work?

If you have consented for your student to participate in the Test to Stay program, you will receive a notification from your student’s school if they have been identified as a close contact of a positive case.

In most cases, TTS will start that same day or the next morning, with your student receiving a rapid antigen test at their school. Students will be given a rapid antigen test in the school building. It takes 15 minutes for us to get the results 

  • If your student tests negative, they may remain at school and participate in school-sponsored activities that only involve students from your school. 
  • If your student tests positive, they will be considered positive for COVID-19 and will need to enter a period of isolation for 10 days. 

Daily antigen testing will continue on school days for seven days after the last exposure; if “Day 7” falls on a day when school is closed, we will test students the first day back as their last test. (This does not apply to long “breaks” of school when a PCR test would come back first.) If your student develops symptoms at any point, inform the school, seek a PCR test right away, and keep your student at home and away from others. 

Your student will not be tested on the weekends, but needs to remain in quarantine, meaning they should not participate in other activities, go to the grocery store, or spend time with friends and others outside of their household. It is important to note that this Test to Stay program is only for attendance at school or on-campus school-sponsored activities. Any unvaccinated student identified as a close contact is expected to quarantine for all other activities, aside from medical appointments, for a total of 14 days with the option to test out of quarantine with a negative PCR test result on or after day 7 from last exposure. While participating in Test to Stay, close contacts take rapid antigen tests for a total of 7 school days, and if negative all 7 days may leave quarantine.  Test to Stay participants may not attend school activities that involve students from other schools, such as sports or scholastic competitions.

If at any point your student develops symptoms:  

  1. Do not send your student to school and keep your child home.  
  2. Call your student’s health care provider or make an appointment through the Vermont Department of Health to schedule a PCR test.   
  3. If your student is having a medical emergency, call 9-1-1 or go to the hospital.  
  4. If your student doesn’t have a provider, call 2-1-1 to be connected to a clinic in your area.  
  5. People with mild illness can treat their symptoms at home: help your student get plenty of rest, drink plenty of fluids, and take fever-reducing medication if needed.  

Still have questions?

BSD to Host Pediatric Vaccine Clinics

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On November 2nd, the State of Vermont approved a COVID19 Vaccine for children ages 5-11. In preparation for this announcement, Burlington School District worked with representatives from the Vermont Department of Health to allow our six elementary schools to host school-based vaccination clinics. 

On November 3rd, the healthvermont.gov website opened to parents and began accepting appointments for children to get their first dose of the vaccine. 

Our clinics will be hosted at: 

  • Flynn Elementary, November 9th from 11 am to 5 pm
  • Sustainability Academy, November 10th from 2-4 pm
  • Integrated Arts Academy, November 10th from 9-12 am
  • CP Smith, November 12th from 11 am to 5 pm
  • Edmunds Elementary, November 17th from 11 am to 5 pm
  • Champlain Elementary, November 19th from 11 am to 5 pm

To attend one of these clinics, families should schedule an appointment online. If you have trouble signing up online, you can also try to make an appointment by calling 855-722-7878. 

Finally, we want to let you know that within 24 hours of our school clinics being available, we learned that many spots were already full. If this is the case, you still have options! Please remember, 

  • Your child can get a vaccine at ANY available school site that has open spots (you do not have to go to the clinic at your school, or even in your District or county) 
  • You may also arrange for your children to be vaccinated at a local pharmacy 
  • You can check with your child’s pediatrician’s office. 

Questions about Vaccines for children? The Vermont Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is hosting a number of webinars between now and December 15:

All events will be from 7pm to 8pm via Zoom on the following dates:

BSD’s Equitable Budgeting Kickoff Oct. 4!

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School districts across Vermont are entering into “Budget Season” and Burlington School District (BSD) is pleased to announce a new budgeting model that will place more control of school budgets in the hands of principals and school communities. The District’s new “Equitable Budgeting and Staffing Model” strives to allocate resources based on student enrollment and need, seeks to build school-based engagement, and creates a new equity allocation for schools to use in efforts to close the opportunity gap. Leaders will share how budgeting will look different this year at a virtual “Equitable Budgeting Kickoff” event on October 4th at 6 PM over Zoom. Changes have also been laid out in a new BSD Budget Development Guide.

“I’m really pleased to be embarking on this new way of thinking about funding schools,” said BSD Superintendent Tom Flanagan. “We’ve spent the last year working with district leaders, teachers, students, and stakeholders on a model that is fair, predictable, equity-focused, and empowering for principals who know their buildings and student needs better than anyone.”

New to the budget process will be the Recognizing Injustice and Seeking Equity (or RISE) Allocation that each school will receive. After determining baseline staff models and resource needs, each school will receive an additional sum of money designed to help schools implement ideas and strategies designed to close the opportunity gap that exists in BSD. RISE Allocations will be based on a weighted pupil formula based, in part, on the Pupil Weighting Factors Report prepared by the Vermont Agency of Education in partnership with the University of Vermont, Rutgers University, and American Institutes for Research. Once funds for schools are determined, school leaders will work with School Advisory Groups to identify focus areas of needs and create proposals to address those needs. 

“This is a great step towards our school district and our community living our values around equity,” said Kevin Robinson, Principal of Integrated Art Academy and a member of the Equitable Budget and Staffing Work Group. “I am excited about the possibilities this will offer principals and community members to have more say in how schools are funded, and how those funds may create more equitable outcomes for students.” 

The public is invited to learn more about this new Equitable Budgeting and Staffing Model at a kickoff event on October 4th at 6 PM virtually over Zoom; the meeting will also be streamed and recorded on the District YouTube channel. 

Visit our Facebook page to RSVP and invite your friends and colleagues. See you there!

Kindergarten Registration and Virtual Town Halls

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If you have a child turning five on or before September 1, 2021, it is time to register them now for Kindergarten!

Registration can only be done online through the district website.  When registering, be careful to choose the correct school year you are registering for.  For example, if you’re registering your kindergartener for 2021, you’ll want to choose 2021/2022. If you have any trouble, please call Kelly McDonald, our central office Administrative Assistant, at (802) 865-5332 between the hours of 8 am and 2 pm M-TH, and until 12pm on Fridays.

To complete registration, you will need:
1) a copy of the child’s birth certificate or other proof of age
2) a copy of their immunization records
3) proof of residency.

QUESTIONS ABOUT KINDERGARTEN AND THE REGISTRATION PROCESS?

Learn about the day in the life of a kindergartener.

In a normal year, we would extend the offer to join us at Kindergarten Information Sessions in your community and at each school, where you could hear from kindergarten teachers, talk to our Afterschool team, connect with our Preschool director, and ask questions of the registration team. Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, we are offering alternatives to learn more about our schools. Starting on February 9, we will be offering pre-recorded and live introductions to the kindergarten experience and to each individual school. The dates for these are shown below. Links will be available on all school websites by Monday. 

Here’s a video with more information about going to Kindergarten.

Virtual Town Halls

Where possible, we’ve added recordings of past town halls below. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, we were not able to capture town halls from all schools. They can also be seen on the BSD Youtube channel.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Champlain Elementary: Champlain’s mission is to provide opportunities for students to achieve their personal best, become responsible and productive citizens, and embrace lifelong learning. Striving for academic excellence in our caring, diverse learning community represents our highest ideal. Champlain’s faculty, families, and community partners plant and harvest together in our school gardens and cook healthy treats in our classrooms with a mobile kitchen. Our students learn in our forest and outdoor classroom, and especially enjoy our annual fall Harvest Fest and community focused events. Located in the South End of Burlington at 800 Pine Street, Champlain serves approximately 260 students K-5. To learn more about upcoming activities and events, visit champlain.bsdvt.org, where you can read the principal’s blog and Champlain’s Family Handbook. Feel free to contact Principal Joe Resteghini at 864-8477 or jrestegh@bsdvt.org, see also the Champlain Community Facebook page to get a sense of community and read the Blue Notes.

C.P. Smith Elementary: C.P. Smith Elementary School is a Grades K-5 school of approximately 260 students located on Ethan Allen Parkway in Burlington’s New North End. Since 1959, we have worked hard to build a learning community that is respectful, responsible, and safe for all who come through our doors. We offer equal amounts of academic rigor and joy in a wide variety of hands-on learning activities. A focus on science, the environment and place-based education engages students in learning using the Ethan Allen Woods, the Community Sailing Center, Star Base, Shelburne Museum, and Shelburne Farms and other exciting venues in our area as extended classrooms. C.P. Smith serves a diverse population of students and strives to make sure each one of our students becomes an inquisitive learner and contributing citizen. We engage parents and guardians as vital partners in the education of their children. To learn more about upcoming activities and events, visit smith.bsdvt.org or contact Principal Len Phelan at 864-8479 or lphelan@bsdvt.org.

Welcome to Kindergarten At C.P. Smith

Edmunds Elementary: Recognized as an Exemplar School by the State of Vermont for the fifth consecutive year for our achievements in our climate and academics, we work continuously to provide an exciting and engaging school experience that balances developmental needs with academics. When touring EES, you will encounter happy learners as we work to meet students where they are. We are excited about our research based literacy program that is used around the world, that successfully addresses and meets the needs of all young children through sound, sight, motion and stories.  Walking field trips provide our students with ready access to the Flynn, the Fletcher Free Library, the Echo Science Center, UVM, as well as North Beach, Centennial Park, geological formations along the lake and the city center. To learn more about upcoming activities and events, visit the ees.bsdvt.org or contact Principal Bonnie Johnson-Aten at 864-­8473 or bjaten@bsdvt.org

John J. Flynn Elementary: Flynn School is a strong, community-based school where adults, parents and staff consistently focus on meeting the various needs of all students, helping them learn, play and laugh. It is a professional community that partners with a wide range of community organizations to support and enrich student learning. Some examples of our community partnerships include: ECHO Center, VT National Guard Starbase Program, Very Merry Theater, Burlington Community Sailing Center and the Flynn Theater. Located at 1645 North Avenue in the New North End of Burlington, Flynn serves approximately 340 Pre-K through 5th grade students. To learn more about upcomingactivities andevents, visit flynn.bsdvt.org or contact Principal Lashawn Whitmore-Sells at 864-8478 or lsells@bsdvt.org

Integrated Arts Academy (IAA): The mission of the IAA is to explore academic knowledge through intentional art experiences. Our diverse community collaborates and celebrates the world through meaningful learning and creative self-expression as we prepare students for success in the 21st Century. At this magnet school, students are learning through the lens of the four art forms: movement, drama, music and visual arts. IAA core partners include the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington City Arts and St. Michael’s College. Located at 6 Archibald Street in the Old North End of Burlington, IAA serves approximately 260 students in grades Pre-K-5. To learn more about upcoming activities and events, visit iaa.bsdvt.org or contact Principal Kevin Robinson at 864-8475 or krobinso@bsdvt.org.

Sustainability Academy (SA): The mission of SA is to educate and empower all students to improve the quality of life for all – economically, socially, and environmentally – now and for future generations. At SA, one of BSD’s two magnet schools, students are learning through the lens of sustainability by exploring our diverse society, our local economy, and the environment. We do this through hands-on, place-based and project-based learning. Education for Sustainability comes to life through SA’s learning environment. We use geothermal energy to heat and cool our building and solar panels to power our school! Additionally, at SA we have a thriving school garden that each of our classes use to cultivate fruits, flowers, and vegetables as a part of our curriculum. SA’s core partner is Shelburne Farms, which hosts all SA students for learning trips each school year. Located at 123 North Street in the Old North End of Burlington, SA serves approximately 180 students in grades Pre-K-5. To learn more about upcoming activities and events, visit sa.bsdvt.org or contact Principal Nina Oropeza at 864-8480 or noropeza@bsdvt.org

Food for Children During Break and Remote Days

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FREE FAMILY MEAL KITS

Burlington School Food Project is providing free boxes of food for families available at 10 sites throughout the city. Each meal kit is intended to cover breakfast, lunch, supper, and snacks for one child for one week (7 days)! You can pick up food boxes Friday, December 18, Wednesday, December 23rd, and Wednesday, December 30th. You can get one box per child in your household under 19 years of age, and you do not have to have your child with you to pick up food. Please see more information below or contact Doug Davis with any questions. 

Friday, December 18

3:00-4:30 PM BHS Parking, Sustainability Academy, Champlain Elementary 

5:00-6 PM Boys & Girls Club of Burlington

Riverside Apartments 12:30-1 PM (Time is approximate. Contact Boys & Girls Club if you need assistance.)

Salmon Run 12:45- 1:15 PM (Time is approximate. Contact Boys & Girls Club if you need assistance.)

Wednesdays, December 23rd and 30th 

3:00-4:30 PM BHS, Sustainability Academy, Champlain Elementary, Boys & Girls Club (this is a new time for the Club, for break weeks only) 

Bobbin Mill 11:00-11:30 AM

Franklin Square 11:00-11:30  AM

South Meadow 11:45 AM -12:15 PM

Northgate 11:45 AM -12:15 PM

Riverside Apartments 5:30 PM

Salmon Run 6:00 PM

Contact Info

Integrated Arts Academy
6 Archibald Street
Burlington, VT 05401

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Tel: (802) 864-8475

Important Links

Important Contact Info

  • Main Office
    (802) 864-8475
  • School Nurse
    (802) 865-4172
  • Guidance Office
    (802) 864-8475 x 10006
  • Afterschool Program
    (802) 540-0285 x 71281
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