merger
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Cost at top of list during FVFD merger info session
The town held its first of two information sessions about the possible merger last week
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Top Ten 2022: ANWSD/MAUSD merger defeated
Despite their optimistic findings, the committee’s drafted articles of agreement sparked concerns from many community members, particularly regarding how potential school closures and consolidations would be handled in…
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Letter to the editor: Merger vote a major lesson
Perhaps an even bigger surprise came at the beginning of the Nov. 16 Board of Education meeting when the panel accepted Oliver Olsen’s resignation.
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Letter to the editor: School district merger fans, foes share same goals
While we may disagree on solutions, we acknowledge our school districts face many difficult problems that are not easy to fix.
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ANWSD, Mt. Abe merger rejected by nine towns
Voters in the nine towns making up the Addison Northwest and Mount Abraham Unified school districts on Tuesday voted 4,282-1,886 to oppose the merger of the two entities…
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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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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.