Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger went back to high school today; he’s making good on a campaign promise to move his office to Burlington High School for a week. This Monday through Friday, the mayor and his three-person staff will be conducting city business out of a fishbowl office belonging to BHS assistant principal Nick Molander.
Last night, the mayor tweeted a photo of his backpack as he prepared for his first day at school.
Weinberger’s schedule for the week includes riding the school bus, hosting his weekly coffee klatch in the school cafeteria and hosting a business roundtable on Wednesday in the school auditorium. A “press corps” of student reporters will reportedly be blogging about his time there, and posting updates on social media.
Is Weinberger playing hooky? Getting stuffed into a locker? Batting .400 for the school’s baseball team? Get up-to-the-minute reports on his activities on Twitter, using the hashtag #miroBHS.
Weinberger kicked off his week in residence at BHS at a schoolwide assembly Monday morning. Hundreds of students and community members turned out to see him get his keys, ID badge and a BHS ballcap.
But orientation wasn’t the only thing on the agenda — the mayor hoped to use the gathering to highlight the Burlington-Winooski Partnership for Change, a three-year, $3-million-plus effort to remodel Burlington’s and Winooski’s high schools, made possible by a grant from the Nellie Mae Foundation.
On hand to celebrate the partnership were a whole host of lawmakers and local officials, including Gov. Peter Shumlin and House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown), as well as representatives from Senators Leahy and Sanders’ offices.
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