Category: unification

ANwSU unification hinges on votes in two communities

Posted on May 6, 2010 |

• Vergennes
• education
• unification

By Andy Kirkaldy

Jump to Addison story.

Vergennes residents consider finances, educational equity

VERGENNES — Few foes of proposed one-board Addison Northwest Supervisory Union governance spoke out at a Tuesday forum held at Vergennes Union Elementary School in advance of the May 11 revote on unification.

But school board officials acknowledged fears about a potential increase in the city’s tax rate and the assumption of debt from Ferrisburgh that prompted petitioners in Vergennes to ask for a new vote.

full story

ANwSU unification earns big win; Vilaseca praises plan as model

Posted on March 4, 2010 |

• Vergennes
• education
• unification

By Andy Kirkaldy

VERGENNES — In a vote watched closely around Vermont, residents of all five Addison Northwest Supervisory Union communities on Tuesday backed strongly the plan to have one 12-member board govern the four-school union.

The final tally was 908-539, or about 63-37 percent, with wide margins in each town.  

As of June 2011, the existing Vergennes Union High and Elementary school boards, Ferrisburgh and Addison Central school boards, and ANwSU board will dissolve and the union will assume ownership of all four schools.

full story

ANwSU spending plans face crunch

Posted on December 7, 2009 |

• Vergennes
• education
• unification

By Andy Kirkaldy

VERGENNES — When Addison Northwest Supervisory Union school board members sit down this month and look at second or third preliminary drafts for 2010-2011 school budgets, ANwSU Superintendent Tom O’Brien said they should be prepared to make some tough decisions.

O’Brien said in an interview last week a number of factors could work against voter approval of even modest ANwSU budgets this winter, including declining enrollments in three of its four schools, a projected 2.2-cent increase in the statewide school tax, and the continuing economic slump.

full story