“Community members need to challenge their school boards to do better.” 
-Curtis Reed, head of the Vermont Partnership for Fairness & Diversity, made that statement to a reporter in a January 20 article about racial bullying and harassment at Twin Valley Middle High School. In doing so he threw down a gauntlet urging people to question teaching and policies dealing with bigotry and racism in local schools. 
A week ago, Whitingham resident Johanna Robohm picked up that gauntlet.