Dover School

Save your Halloween candy

DOVER - The fifth grade class at the Dover School, an International Baccalaureate school, is participating in Operation Gratitude’s annual Halloween Candy Give Back program. Last year more than 93,000 pounds of candy in care packages were delivered to military and first responders. The class is...

In emergency meeting, board buys air purifiers for classrooms

WARDSBORO - At an emergency meeting held on Zoom Friday morning, the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board voted to expend $14,700 on air purifiers for each classroom in the district’s two schools, Wardsboro Elementary and the Dover School. The expenditure comes after lengthy...

Board pushes back on letter criticizing age policy

By Lauren Harkawik
WARDSBORO - At the Monday, April 1, meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board, discussion of a letter sent by a concerned resident turned into a discussion about the district’s age of admission policy. Several present, including parents, board...

Principal holds individual meetings with students

DOVER - In recent weeks, 30 students at the Dover School were sent to the principal’s office. Well, actually, it wasn’t his office. He was set up in the art room, to create a more casual atmosphere. And none of the students were in trouble. Instead, they were setting goals.
At the Dover...

Are they schools, or campuses?

WARDSBORO - At its next meeting, the River Valleys Unified School District board will discuss what to call its elementary schools. The planned discussion comes after board member Dwight Boerem called into question a frequent talking point from chair Rich Werner: that by merging, the two schools...

Assessment test scores trending the wrong way at Dover School

DOVER- At the Dover School Board’s meeting on Monday, principal Matt Martyn shared a chart with school board members, which showed some diminishing performances on smarter balanced assessment consortium (SBAC) scores, as well as volatility of scores over time.
Martyn asked the board to...

Cassie Fletcher and Trevor Gray at the Dover Selectboard meeting Tuesday evening.

Transfer station sign urged by students

DOVER - Dover School students Trevor Gray and Cassie Fletcher attended Tuesday evening’s selectboard meeting, where the pair proposed a new sign on the corner of Dorr Fitch Road and Route 100.
As proposed, the sign will give directional distance information for the transfer...

New bus route causes school day to start earlier for students in Dover

DOVER - Dover School principal Matt Martyn asked for and received the school board’s blessing on shifting the school day 20 minutes earlier next year, which will mean an 8 am start and a 2:55 pm end of the school day for elementary students. The switch is the result of a Brattleboro-bound bus for...

Dover School, above, and Wardsboro School will be managed by the new River Valleys district beginning next year.

Board asks superintendent to design school plan

DOVER- At the River Valleys Unified School District board’s meeting Monday, April 23, the board asked superintendent Bill Anton to formulate a plan for how many of the larger logistics of the newly-formed school district will work. At a future date, Anton will bring his recommendations for how...