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2026 Transition & Career Planning Conference

8:45am - 3:15pm Lake Morey Resort

Advancing Possibilities: Engage. Adapt. Excel

The 21st Annual Transition and Career Planning Conference is hosted by VSAC's Vermont State GEAR UP program in partnership with the Vermont Agency of Education, and sponsored by the J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation.

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