Letter to the editor: Vote Bishop for ACSD school board

Writer endorses Vance Bishop for Middlebury-area school board because he has great leadership characteristics.

Both Ron and Jess deserve your vote to lead the Middlebury-area school district and I hope you join me in voting for them.

On March 4, Addison Central School District voters will have the opportunity to vote on the ACSD FY26 spending plan. With the educational changes being discussed in Montpelier, I believe it is especially important to exercise your right to vote to show yo … (read more)

My name is Jess Venable-Novak and I am one of the Middlebury candidates running for the Addison Central School District School Board.

The Addison Central School District board on Monday endorsed — by an 8-4 margin — a revised, minimum class-size policy of 10 students, drawn from no more than two grades.

Amy Clapp — whose science contributions to Salisbury Community School have been the stuff of legend during the past quarter-century — was recently named a winner of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s high … (read more)

Addison Central School District residents on March 4 will field a fiscal year 2026 spending proposal of $51,719,284 to run Middlebury-area schools. This plan reflects a 2% bump in overall spending, but a 6.2% decrease in per-pupil spending

Middlebury residents will see only one contested election on their May 4 Town Meeting Day ballot: A five-person race for three of the community’s seats on the Addison Central School District board.

The leaders of the local school districts are excited to learn more details about the governor’s plan to reduce the number of Vermont school districts to five.

The Addison Central School District is contending with a recent cybersecurity breach of PowerSchool — software service that helps the ACSD manage student information. But officials are confident they’re not facing the same kind of problems that the neighb … (read more)

My comments in the Jan. 9 article about seeking re-election to the Addison Central School District Board have created some misunderstanding in the community I serve. This is no reflection on John Flowers or his article. He accurately quoted what I told hi … (read more)

We are writing as a group of healthcare professionals — physicians, dentists, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and nurses — who are deeply concerned about the proposed ban of books such as “Fred Gets Dressed,” “Bodies Are Cool,” “Julian Is … (read more)

The Addison Central Educational Endowment Fund this fall doled out funds to schools in Addison Central School District for programs that are innovative and beyond the scope of the regular operating budgets.

Five seats in the Addison Central School District board will be up for grabs this March, and two of the incumbents with expiring terms have confirmed they won’t seek reelection.

The Addison Central School District Board on Monday got its first look at a draft fiscal year 2026 budget of $50.3 million, which reflects a 2% increase in spending and reduction of 9.4 fulltime equivalent positions.