ANWSD mulls 5% spending hike

The Addison Northwest School District Board took a second look at a draft Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget at a Monday Zoom meeting.

Police have not yet determined whether they will charge a youth in the killing of a Waltham woman during a fight this past Friday.

The Addison Northwest School District has filled several key leadership positions, including a middle school principal at Vergennes Union High School, an assistant principal at Vergennes Union Elementary School, and a new district-wide Coordinator of Equi … (read more)

The Addison Northwest School District Board and the Addison Northwest Teachers’ Association recently reached an agreement for a three-year contract running though the 2025-2026 school year that, according to a joint press release, will boost teachers’ pay … (read more)

A group advocating “parents’ rights” to host anti-transgender advocate speaker at school library next week.

Thank you to the students, staff and Monica Desrochers of the Addison Northwest School District who put on the Together in Belonging Community Discussion with students this past Wednesday evening in the Vergennes Union High School library.

Addison County’s three unified school districts are employing a “strength in numbers” strategy to get what they hope will be a better deal for student transportation than if they continued to broker their own deals.

Sixteen Addison Northwest School District students competed and excelled in the Vermont Historical Society’s annual Vermont History Day Contest, held at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center on Saturday, April 8. 

The Addison Northwest School District Board and the union representing teachers in the Vergennes-area schools have reached an impasse in their collective bargaining negotiations.

Addison County residents showed strong support for education on Tuesday, when all local school budgets passed, four out of five by large margins. 

Addison Northwest School District (ANWSD) residents on March 7 will decide the fate of a district budget proposal that calls for a roughly 13% spending increase of about $3 million to $25,312,768.

The Town Meeting Day ballot sees two candidates, Margaret Carrera-Bly and Chrystal Little, both seeking a term on the Addison Northwest School District Board.

The Addison Northwest School District (ANWSD) budget that voters will consider on Town Meeting Day calls for a 13.4% spending increase but property tax rate increases are expected to be a fraction of that.

The Addison Northwest School District Board and the Addison Northwest Support Staff Association last week reached an agreement on a new contract.

Chief among the reasons for the delay is that more time is needed for teachers and staff to prepare for a new educational model emphasizing multi-age, experiential and “socio-emotional” learning, district administrators told the ANWSD board.