merger
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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.
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Letter to the editor: Voters should be wary of merger
Voters should be deeply skeptical of any claims for financial benefits from the proposed merger.
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MAUSD board split on merger with ANWSD
The board ultimately voted in favor, 6-5, of adopting the resolution, with board chair Dawn Griswold supplying the tie-breaking vote.
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Letter to the editor: Committee outlines priorities for MAUSD/ANWSD merger
The Article of Agreements represent your community members working toward the following priorities.
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Community forum: Equity demands that we defeat the merger
If we are serious about equity — providing all children what they need to develop to their full academic potential — we need to defeat the proposed merger…
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Letter to the editor: MAUSD-ANWSD merger group urges people to vote
Now, it is the community’s turn. Your voice is important.
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Letter to the editor: Merger panel ignores input in favor of sales pitch
After attending the Merger Study Committee meeting on Sept. 20, we came away quite disturbed.
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Letter to the editor: Many reasons to vote no on MAUSD-ANWSD merger
Merging would mean moving school governance even farther away from the students and their schools and communities.
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ANWSD/MAUSD merger blueprint considers school closure
New draft articles of agreement would serve as the founding document for a proposed merger between the school districts in the northern half of Addison County.
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Key issue could threaten MAUSD-ANWSD merger
The ANWSD-MAUSD Merger Study Committee gave preliminary approval to an article of agreement that would allow a future merged district to close elementary schools if certain academic and financial…
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Letter to the editor: Merger committee co-chairs explain the process
We know that many people have questions about the ANWSD/MAUSD Merger Study Committee. As non-school board committee members of the study committee, it has taken us some time…
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Letter to the editor: Merger panel snubs key issue
Watching the MAUSD/ANWSD Merger Study Committee (MSC) right now is like watching people evacuate a ship into rickety lifeboats without confirming that the ship is indeed sinking.
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Letter to the editor: Why not VUHS as merger hub?
I want to make it perfectly clear that I am writing this letter as a tax paying citizen of Ferrisburgh and in no way as a member of…
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Proposed ANWSD-MAUSD merger faces bus challenges
Some kids would spend 60-90 minutes on a bus — both to and coming from schools — plus spending on busing would go up by $385,000 to $880,000.