Rick Cowan: How much is enough?

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rick Cowan, a retired school administrator who lives in Rockingham. He serves on the boards of the Main Street Arts Association, the Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association, The Nature Museum of Grafton and The Compass School. He has previously served on the Westminster Selectboard and Planning Commission.
Here’s an extraordinary fact: Vermont’s public school students benefit from a lower ratio of full-time faculty and staff to students than that