ANWSD
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Survey set on sale of ACS to town
A General Election Day public survey of Addison residents could be crucial in determining the future of the town’s former central school building, which the Addison Northwest School…
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Letter to the editor: Merger provides a good path for difficult situation
Merging with Mount Abe offers a pathway to new conversations and new opportunities to address our stubbornly chronic condition.
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Letter to the editor: For merger vote, it’s OK to question long-held beliefs
Three years ago, I joined the Community Engagement Committee of the MAUSD school board as a volunteer because I knew the big challenges we faced as a district…
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Letter to the editor: Ballot warning on school merger is incomplete
The MAUSD Board and Merger Committee assert our Nov. 8 vote will be on the Articles of Agreement ONLY, not whether to combine schools or move students.
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Letter to the editor: ‘Stop the merger’ group’s ads are ‘disengenous’
This hysteria is being created by a group in Starksboro that is hyper focused on the perceived closure of Robinson Elementary School and nothing else.
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Letter to the editor: No guarantee of cost, learning benefits with merger
Placing merger decisions in the hands of a 13-member board across nine schools and eight towns is not in the best interest of students or taxpayers.
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Letter to the editor: Students to lose extracurricular options in merger
Whether we’d save money if the merger happens is questionable at best. But there is certainly much we’d lose if it were to pass.
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Letter to the editor: Merger would hinder students’ learning experiences
On Nov. 8, residents of Addison County will cast votes that determine how our young people, K-12, will move toward adulthood.
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ANWSD offers ACS back to town for $1
The next steps in the potential return of Addison’s former central school building to the town will almost certainly be a public forum followed by a town-wide vote…
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Letter to the editor: Become informed about ANWSD/MAUSD proposal
As some in the community may know, a bus to the Vergennes Elementary and Vergennes High School ran an hour late in both the morning and the afternoon…
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Letter to the editor: Don’t further dilute local control; vote ‘no’ on merger
With twice the number of towns in a new district and diluted representation from each town, we should expect any hopes of local decisions and community engagement regarding…
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Letter to the editor: MAUSD/ANWSD merger would lead to more changes
At its recent “Q & A” meetings in Bristol and Vergennes, the MAUSD-ANWSD Merger Study Committee claimed that the upcoming merger vote is “only” about merging governance.
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Voters share questions, concerns about merger
Potential school closures and consolidations were among the concerns voiced by attendees of a merger study committee meeting held at Mount Abraham Union High School earlier this week.
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Letter to the editor: Merger won’t help schools
There are better ways to improve education for all of our students and to prudently manage taxpayer dollars.
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Letter to the editor: MAUSD-ANWSD merger would be detrimental
Despite the Starksboro Save our School committee’s publication of our analysis that the likely tax increase was closer to 3%, the damage had been done.
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Letter to the editor: Merger of school districts premature
This merger will affect families in both districts and we deserve to better understand both the benefits and the costs of merging before we agree to this change.