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Small by necessity: Canaan teachers tell Senate panel limited resources and creative partnerships sustain students
Summary
Teachers and staff at Canaan School told the Senate Education Committee that limited local health and enrichment services, shrinking grant support and cross‑border rules strain program delivery, even as after‑school, CTE and community partnerships provide crucial opportunities.
Members of the Vermont Senate Education Committee held a teacher panel at Canaan School to hear how a small, rural K–12 school delivers education with limited local resources. Committee chair Seth Bongertz said the visits are intended to surface ground‑level challenges and innovations that do not always show up in testimony from superintendents.
School nurse Mika Primo told the committee that medical and mental‑health services are scarce locally, forcing families to travel to Newport for most specialized care. "We are very remote," she said. Primo described an annual dental outreach…
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