Letter to the editor: Process for developing MAUSD consolidation plan not transparent

Since May I have volunteered as a community member to the MAUSD Facilities Feasibility Study Sub-Committee. The subcommittee was comprised of administrative staff, including the superintendent, school board members and members of the community. The purpose of the subcommittee was to help think financially and creatively about ways to preserve our local schools, if possible, and re-configure them consistent with our Core Values if that was not possible. (I definitely did not join to be embroiled in the contr … (read more)

BRISTOL — This fall, as a subcommittee of the Mount Abraham Unified School District board discussed which school-closure and other cost-saving options it should recommend to Superintendent Patrick Reen, Starksboro resident Herb Olson showed up to meeting … (read more)