CVU Raises the Black Lives Matter Flag

This morning at CVU, the Black Lives Matter flag was raised by the Champlain Valley Union High School's Racial Alliance Committee.

CVU's Racial Alliance Committee (RAC) brought forth a request to fly the Black Lives Matter flag at the February 19th Board of Directors meeting. Overall, the committee collected over 800 signatures supporting their efforts to fly the flag at CVU. There were a number of presentations at that meeting, providing different perspectives on the request. The Champlain Valley School District’s Board of Directors continued the discussion on March 5th, with additional presentations by the audience, made up of students, parents, community members, and CVU educators.

 
After lengthy discussion at the March 19th meeting, the CVSD Board of Directors voted to permit the Black Lives Matter flag to be raised. The flag will fly for 30 days. The motion that eventually passed read: “Consideration of further requests will be delayed until a CVSD flag policy is developed and approved, as charged to the policy committee. All groups requesting the flying of a flag will be subject to the new policy.” The CVSD School Board's policy committee is already at work on the new policy.

This morning, the RAC welcomed all students, faculty, and community members. There were presentations and the Women's Chorus sang. Closing remarks were made by Principal Adam Bunting and the Racial Alliance Committee. 

We appreciate and applaud all students for sharing their points of view and compassion for others in a respectful, articulate, and democratic manner throughout this process.