ANWSD budget wins big

Residents in the five Addison Northwest School District communities on Tuesday solidly backed a $27.653 million budget proposal to provide education for students in the coming school year.

I am writing to thank our school board for the hard work it’s done, not just this year, but for many years. After Town Meeting Day, John Stroup, a long-time school board member and the chair of the board for the last five years, is stepping down from the … (read more)

The Addison Northwest School District board on Wednesday, Jan. 22, adopted a $27.653 million budget proposal to provide education for students in the 2025-2026 academic and fiscal year (FY26) at the Vergennes Union High and Middle, Vergennes Union Element … (read more)

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.

By early this week, life in the Addison Northwest School District had largely returned to normal, or as much as could be expected, after the Jan. 7 ransomware cyberattack took most of the district computer servers offline and compromised a still unknown a … (read more)

The Addison Northwest School District on Tuesday morning identified a “cybersecurity incident,” which locked district officials, teachers and other employees out of servers and shut down internet service in all three district schools and its central offic … (read more)

Although some cost and revenue variables remained to be pinned down, Addison Northwest School Districts administrators and board members are optimistic they can adopt a budget this month that would result in lower school taxes in all five district communi … (read more)

The Addison Northwest School District Board recently looked at a draft budget for next year that would bump up spending 1.9% and see average school taxes rise roughly 5%.

A new partnership between the Addison Northwest and Mount Abraham Unified school districts will allow students in those Vergennes- and Bristol-area learning communities to take certain classes at either of the districts’ high schools while maintaining enr … (read more)

In high turnout, residents of the Addison Northwest School District on Tuesday strongly backed the school board’s third proposed budget of the spring. 

After rejecting two budget proposals since Town Meeting Day in March, Addison Northwest School District residents on Tuesday approved proposed spending for the 2024-2025 school year, 1346 to 932 votes.

After rejecting two budget proposals, Vergennes-area residents on Tuesday will again make a decision on proposed school spending for the 2024-2025 school year.

Fifteen of the 24 Addison Northwest School District students who presented at the Vermont Historical Society’s annual Vermont History Day Competition placed in the top three of their categories or earned special recognition for the projects they have spen … (read more)

After a challenging discussion about what spending cuts could mean to students and what level of spending might be acceptable to voters who have already defeated two budget proposals, the Addison Northwest School District Board on Monday voted to advance … (read more)

At a Monday meeting devoted to discussing the 18-vote March defeat of its $27.2 million spending plan, the Addison Northwest School District Board edged toward presenting a vote on a third budget, possibly one with $200,000 of cuts, on April 30 or May 7.