Education

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month. Meeting place: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

School Commissioner Keith Pillsbury along with Superintendent Jeanne Collins host. Tonights guest is Pari Motia, Tooth Tutor.  The Tooth Tutor program allows trained dental hygienists to spend time at your child's school each week.  They have two key duties - (1) to provide brief in-class instruction about dental health, and (2) to identify students who need dental care or dental homes. If parents agree, the Tooth Tutors work with the dental clinic at Integrated Arts Academy at H.O. Wheeler or other dental practices to find dental homes for the students. They support parents' access to transportation and translation/interpretation services.

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, University of Vermont President Daniel Fogel, representatives of Vermont’s EPSCoR program, and representatives of TelJet Longhaul announce a multi-million dollar federal investment in fiber optic technology increasing interstate research opportunities for universities in Vermont,  New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Delaware.  The new infrastructure will enable a multi-state research and development project to get underway studying complex and detailed information about northeastern lakes, including Lake Champlain.

Burlington Friends Meeting discussion with John Calvi, Quaker healer and convenor of the Quaker Initiative to End Torture.