Ripton reacquires its school from ACSD

ACSD transferred ownership of the former Ripton Elementary building to the town, which is now studying potential community uses for it.

“The (weightier discussion) is going to be the voluntary mergers.” — Wendy Baker

The Addison Central School District is looking for Shoreham residents interested in filling the town’s seat on the district school board after long-time board member Barb Wilson departs from the area.

The building this fall will become home to a new ACSD PreK program.

Officials learned an adjacent windmill could cause issues for a new Cornwall pavilion being built.

Sixth-grade teachers have organized the 5th Addison Central School District Youth Citizen Summit, bringing together a wide range of workshop leaders from local and statewide organizations.

Shoreham Elementary School has been flagged as one of a dozen Vermont public schools in line to receive assistance from the state of Vermont due to declining student performance.

Two of the four looming vacancies on the Addison Central School District board have failed to draw candidates.

The Addison Central School District board on Monday overwhelmingly endorsed K-5 school choice within the district’s seven towns, but with limits.

The school board on Monday agreed to use $650,000 in capital reserve funds to bankroll security improvements at all of the ACSD’s operational school facilities.

The Addison Central School District board is considering a policy change that would give Middlebury-area parents more flexibility in determining which among the ACSD’s soon-to-be five K-5 schools they’d like to enroll their children.

It’s looking increasingly likely that the ACSD might have to shed programming in order to afford even a fraction of the more than $60 million in physical upgrades at its schools.

Barring any major, 11th-hour subtractions or additions, ACSD voters on March 3 will be asked to approve $53 million in spending to educate Middlebury-area PreK-12 students during the 2026-2027 academic year.

The Addison Central School District board on Monday received an initial draft of a fiscal year 2027 PreK-12 budget of $52.9 million that reflects a 4.9% increase in overall spending and an estimated 3.7% increase in education taxes.

ACSD Superintendent Wendy Baker says the school board’s decision to merge the two elementary schools is final.