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"The Myth of the Perfect Girl" by Ana Hamayoun

Joe Donahue — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:10:00 +0000

According to our next guest, in their efforts to juggle schoolwork and extracurricular activities, family life and social lives, friends, as well as relationships online and the real world, many girls begin to lose sight of who they really are, and instead work overtime to please their friends, parents, teachers, and others.

In her new book, The Myth of the Perfect Girl, Ana Hamoyoun presents advice to empower both parents and girls themselves to discover what true success and happiness means to them — and how to work to achieve it.

2 Rifles Seized From CVU Parking Lot

Pat Bradley — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:30:00 +0000

Two rifles and ammunition have been seized from vehicles at the Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg but the principal says the guns were used for hunting and he doesn't believe the students intended to harm anyone.

The school policy prohibits having firearms on school grounds.

Dave Cullen

Joe Donahue — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:35:00 +0000

What happened on Friday reminded many of us of another tragic school shooting at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999. That is the day seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and one teacher, as well as injuring 24 others.

Dr. Douglas Huntley - Superintendent of the Queensbury Union Free School District

Joe Donahue — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:10:00 +0000

Sandy Hook Elementary School perhaps did everything right. Its staff and teachers worked every day to create a climate that valued kindness and posted the plan for all to see. They had lockedown drills that trained everyone to stay low and quiet in the event of an emergency. A security system introduced this year required visitors to ring a bell, sign-in and produce a photo ID. After 9:30 a.m., the doors were locked.

And now it's the home of the one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, twenty children dead and eight adults, including the shooter.

Vermont to Expand Farm to School Program

Tristan O'Neill — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:04:20 +0000

Vermont is planning to expand a program that connects schools to local farms. WAMC's Tristan O'Neill reports...

Since 2006, the Vermont Farm to School program has provided nearly 50 Vermont schools with funding to get more nutritious food into cafeterias and nutrition and agriculture education into classrooms.