ACSD sees unopposed seats

Four people are running unopposed for four seats on the Addison Central School District board, which governs the preK-12 public school system serving students in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge.

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)

A leak in a water service line last Saturday flooded Middlebury Union Middle School, and classes resumed on Wednesday, Jan. 3.

Persistent rain flooded some roads in Middlebury on Monday, prompting the Addison Central School District to close schools in town early.

Student enrollment within the Addison Central School District will remain fairly flat during the next decade barring a significant infusion of young families to the Middlebury area.

The Addison Central School District has announced that Salisbury Elementary Principal Bjarki Sears will temporarily take over leadership of Cornwall’s Bingham Memorial School while Heather Raabe takes a leave of absence.

Much like a math-averse student getting their first dose of calculus, the Addison Central School District board on Monday got a quick, dizzying tutorial on the possible budget impacts of Act 173 — a major revamp in the way special education services are f … (read more)

The Addison Central School District on Monday hired Wendy Baker to be its new superintendent beginning next July.

The Addison Central School District board on Monday, Nov. 27, is scheduled to consider the appointment of a new, permanent superintendent.

John Flowers’ article in the November 16th edition of the Independent mentioned that I had hired a lawyer to challenge the Addison Central School District’s decision to make its superintendent search confidential. I wanted to take a moment to provide a bi … (read more)

The Addison Central School District board is expected to name a new superintendent early next month after having spent many hours following a search process that included a consultant and various community stakeholders — all of whom have been sworn to sec … (read more)

The Addison Central School District’s executive committee has put a board member “on notice” that “disrespecting board colleagues during board and committee meetings will not be tolerated.”

When I ran for school board in March, I started out trying to keep up with campaign filings, but honestly, I fell behind.

Members of the Addison Central School District board and representatives of other ACSD stakeholder groups will get a chance on Nov. 13-15 to personally size up and question three finalists seeking to become the district’s next superintendent.

Addison Central School District leaders during the next two months will put their math skills to the test as they try to craft a fiscal year 2025 spending plan that maintains current educational services without breaking Middlebury-area taxpayers.