Lawmakers urge new diversity standards in schools

Noel Riby-Williams is the first student to hoist the Black Lives Matter flag at Montpelier High School. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
When Montpelier High raised a Black Lives Matter flag last week, tears began rolling down Katrina Battle’s face. Battle grew up “brown in Vermont,” she said, and seeing the flag go up the pole was momentous.“I wasn’t expecting tears to fall from my face but in that moment there was a recognition that I exist here, I am valued here,