If you want to see extreme inequity in education look no further than Bennington County. The societal and socioeconomic differences in school choice/non-operating towns vs. towns designated to public school districts is remarkable.
On one end of the spectrum you have places like Bennington and Pownal and to a lesser degree Arlington (stuck with high poverty and a couple substandard public school options), while monied places like Manchester, Dorset, North Bennington, and Winhall get vast choices of private, independent, religious, and public schools. Raise a kid in Winhall and you can use around $17k every year to send them to any school anywhere K-12. Raise a kid in downtown Bennington and you’re stuck with the second and third worst rated elementary schools in the state.
Forget redlining. A system like this works way better to segregate along socioeconomic lines.
Not the best comparison IMO. Yes, WV and VT have mountains and are rural, but I don’t see a lot of similarities beyond that. Sure there are pockets of poverty in VT, but nothing like what you see in most of WV. Way more recent wealth in VT (folks who’s wealthy city parents moved here in the 70s-90s plus the recent Covid surge). Major tourism and strong $ influence from Boston and NYC.
The comparison might have fit 50 years ago with manufacturing and farming running VT’s economy, but it’s been a playground for the affluent for awhile.
I bring this up, because this clown is on rampage suing anyone who he has an altercation with. Neighbors, local police, attorney general, judges, even Anthony Fauci. Just bringing light to an asshole that’s ruining the community and the state.
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If you want to see extreme inequity in education look no further than Bennington County. The societal and socioeconomic differences in school choice/non-operating towns vs. towns designated to public school districts is remarkable.
On one end of the spectrum you have places like Bennington and Pownal and to a lesser degree Arlington (stuck with high poverty and a couple substandard public school options), while monied places like Manchester, Dorset, North Bennington, and Winhall get vast choices of private, independent, religious, and public schools. Raise a kid in Winhall and you can use around $17k every year to send them to any school anywhere K-12. Raise a kid in downtown Bennington and you’re stuck with the second and third worst rated elementary schools in the state.
Forget redlining. A system like this works way better to segregate along socioeconomic lines.