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VT: Retired teachers lauded for prison schools

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Retired teachers lauded for prison school By Barbara Leitenberg Burlington (VT) Free Press February 18, 2008 Once a teacher, always a teacher. The Vermont Retired Teachers Association received a national award in September for the establishment of the Community High School of Vermont, an independent, accredited high school for young people in the state's prisons and other correctional programs. When these teachers retired, they did not put away their professional skills. "We would not have the current Community High School were it not for Vermont's retired teachers," says Bob Lucenti, superintendent of schools for the state's Department of Corrections. "They lobbied for the funds, provided expertise on curriculum, established classrooms, helped to hire qualified paid staff, volunteered as tutors, insisted on high standards, inspected the schools in person, and encouraged the teachers...continue to full post

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