Letter to the editor: No to ACSD budget until consolidtion considered

I am writing this letter to do something I never thought I would be doing… encouraging people to vote no on a school budget. As a school board member on a number of school boards (Mary Hogan, UD#3, and the new ACSD) for over 20 years, this isn’t something I do lightly.

We urge all voters in the Addison Central School District to vote for Jess Venable-Novak and Ron Makleff as new school board members from Middlebury.

I am a Cornwall School parent of two, and I support Ron Makleff and Jess Venable-Novak for seats on the Addison Central School District board in the upcoming election on March 4.

I am using my voice to support Ron Makleff and Jess Venable Novak for Addison Central School District board; two advocates who I know will stand up for my peers and our community as a whole.

This Town Meeting Day, I will be bringing to the polls my hopes and dreams for my daughter’s future. Now 8 years old, these next 10 years will set her on the course for adulthood, with an Addison Central School District public education as the foundation … (read more)

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)