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 school funding law. 

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)

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.

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. 

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 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. 

All high school aged students can participate in the sewing or games labs. Students who are 16 or older can participate in the woodworking lab.

Residents of the five towns in the Addison Northwest School District in March will vote on a proposed $28,982,078 spending plan for the 2024-2025 (FY25) school year. If approved on Town Meeting Day, it would increase spending by about $3.68 million, or 14 … (read more)

It is possible there could be 11th-hour changes to Vermont’s school-funding laws. 

The Mount Abraham Unified School District board on Tuesday adopted a $37,014,566 budget for fiscal year 2025 that, if approved by voters in March, would increase total spending by $3,145,666, or 9.29% over the current year. 

Most Addison County residents on March 5 will be asked to support a fiscal year 2025 Patricia Hannaford Career Center spending plan of $5,345,539, reflecting a 10.7% increase compared to the current (FY’24) budget.

A perfect storm of expiring federal aid, inflation, rising fixed costs, new state legislation and spiraling real estate values is conspiring to make for the most challenging budget year in the relatively short history of the Addison Central School Distric … (read more)

The Mount Abraham Unified School District Board will welcome at least a few new faces this spring, as three longtime board members have decided they will not seek re-election when their terms expire in March. 

In June, the Vermont Legislature passed a sweeping childcare bill that would invest $125 million a year of new funding into the state’s childcare sector, making it one of the most expansive systems in the nation.

Local schools grappled with racist incidents directed at both students and educators and considered ways to foster more welcoming and inclusive learning communities moving forward.