Letter to the editor: Education goals need rethinking

Despite usually approving school budgets without question, I must admit that, when I walked into the voting booth this Tuesday, my pen briefly hovered over the “no” oval for the 2025 ACSD budget.

Lincoln Community School seeks new principal

Lincoln School District officials have begun their search for a new administrator to lead the Lincoln Community School, as longtime principal Tory Riley will step down from the position at the end of this school year. 

Robyn Newton nominated for LifeChanger award

Vergennes Union Elementary School physical education teacher Robyn Newton has been nominated for National Life Group’s 2023-24 LifeChanger of the Year award.

Teacher brings back lessons from Morocco

Michelle Steele returned to her MUHS French classroom last month after having spent the previous four months on a Fulbright sabbatical in Morocco. While there, she interviewed 30 teachers in eight schools stretching from Casablanca to Guelmim, studying wa … (read more)

ANWSD holds firm on its adjusted budget

While lawmakers in Montpelier last week debated last-minute changes in the state’s school-funding laws, the Addison Northwest School Board met on Feb. 12 and decided not to make further adjustments to the $28,232,078 spending plan it’ll put before voters … (read more)

Act 127 changes unlikely to harm MAUSD

The Mount Abraham Unified School District board this past Thursday, Feb. 8, got a look at how anticipated changes to Vermont’s new education funding law, Act 127, are expected to affect school tax rates in the district’s four member towns. 

Community Forum: Act 127 has sustainability issue

Vermont’s very well-intentioned attempt to make education funding more equitable has created confusion for school boards, school officials and taxpayers.

Letter to the editor: Act 127 won’t change budget

After reviewing the impacts of the new Act 127 transition mechanism, our review confirms that we properly developed a budget that considered the negative impact of Act 127 while at the same time responding to the other FY25 financial challenges.

Salisbury childcare center plan hits snag

State rules governing public water systems could drown a plan to establish a new childcare center in a portion of Salisbury’s former elementary school building.

MAUSD budget tweaks still possible

The Mount Abraham Unified School District board will hold a special meeting on Thursday, Feb. 8, to give board members a chance to reevaluate the proposed district budget for fiscal year 2025 in the wake of anticipated 11th-hour changes to Vermont’s new s … (read more)

High schools to hold voter registration drives

Addison County’s three public high schools have always sought to prepare students for the privileges and challenges of adulthood. And later this month, students on the cusp of their 18th birthday will be given a pathway to one of the most important rites … (read more)

Letter to the editor: ACSD board member leaving, grateful for support

I will not be running for a second term on the ACSD School Board at this time. It’s been an honor to serve with intelligent, hard-working people who share their different perspectives with confidence.

ACSD sets budget ask at $50.6M

The Addison Central School District board has agreed to present voters with a fiscal year 2025 preK-12 budget of $50.6 million, representing a 6.5% increase in total spending. 

ANWSD board cuts $750K from ’24-’25 budget

The Addison Northwest School District board at a Monday special meeting voted to remove $750,000 of funding for capital improvements from the budget it approved on Jan. 17. 

Lincoln School Board presents budget

Lincoln School Board members last week unanimously agreed to present voters with a spending plan for fiscal year 2025 that calls for $4,927,940 in total spending, an increase of $282,810, or 6.09%, over the current year. 

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