ANWSD
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UPDATED: ANWSD budget defeated again; this time by 18 votes
For the second time this month, residents of the five communities on Tuesday rejected a spending plan — this time by 18 votes.
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ANWSD budget revote is Tuesday
After defeating an Addison Northwest School District spending plan on March 5, residents of the five-town district will vote on a slightly smaller budget this coming Tuesday.
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ANWSD considers cuts, lower taxes, March revote
A second vote on an Addison Northwest School District budget proposal could occur as soon as March 26.
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County voters reject most proposed school budgets
In all school districts, boards struggled with the double-digit rising costs of health insurance for their employees, general inflation and the loss of federal money started during the…
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ANWSD residents defeat board’s $28.3M budget
In commingled balloting in the five Addison Northwest School District communities, the ANWSD board’s Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (FY25) budget proposal of $28,232,078 was defeated on Tuesday, 1,282-1,012, or…
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ANWSD holds firm on its adjusted budget
While lawmakers in Montpelier last week debated last-minute changes in the state’s school-funding laws, the Addison Northwest School Board met on Feb. 12 and decided not to make…
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ANWSD students schooled in circus arts
You might not think of circus skills such as juggling, plate-spinning and clowning as educational activities. Administrators, family members and students at Vergennes Union Elementary and Ferrisburgh Central…
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Letter to the editor: Don’t use CLA as smokescreen
Regarding the Jan. 25 article in the Independent: “ANWSD board opts for bigger budget,” the article stated, “…Chair John Stroup said school officials will have to work hard…
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ANWSD board cuts $750K from ’24-’25 budget
The Addison Northwest School District board at a Monday special meeting voted to remove $750,000 of funding for capital improvements from the budget it approved on Jan. 17.
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Community Forum: Act 127 fuels school funding woes
I am here to provide testimony on behalf of the Addison Northwest School District regarding the implications of ACT 127 on the FY25 budgeting process.
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ANWSD board opts for bigger budget
Residents of the five towns in the Addison Northwest School District in March will vote on a proposed $28,982,078 spending plan for the 2024-2025 (FY25) school year. If…
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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.
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UPDATED: Juvenile shoots, kills Waltham woman; school mourns loss of beloved bus driver
Police have not yet determined whether they will charge a youth in the killing of a Waltham woman during a fight this past Friday.
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ANWSD hires new leadership
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…
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ANWSD teachers make contract deal
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…
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UPDATED: ANWSD explains why transgender opponent allowed to speak at VUHS
A group advocating “parents’ rights” to host anti-transgender advocate speaker at school library next week.