OVUU board reverses Caverly closure

The Caverly Preschool program in Pittsford will remain in place next year.

“Time to make hard choices” became the unofficial refrain of the first Otter Valley Unified Union school board meeting of 2026.

The Mount Abraham Union High School boys’ basketball team beat Otter Valley, 67-37, this past Saturday.

The Otter Valley Unified Union school board is exploring potential reconfiguration and closure of district elementary schools including Otter Creek Academy schools in Leicester and Whiting.

Otter Valley Union Middle & High School will unveil its new welding lab at an open house on Sept. 25.

The Otter Valley field hockey team defeated Middlebury Union field hockey team 6-2 on Tuesday.

Mount Abraham Union High School sophomore Hailey Isham and Otter Valley junior Maisa Allen wrestled in the 2025 Ultimate Club Duals held in Harrisburg, Pa., during the first weekend in May.

Another outstanding Otter Valley boys’ basketball season ended on Wednesday just as it did a year ago, in Barre with a loss to a powerhouse Montpelier team in a Division II semifinal.

Host No. 3 seed Lamoille on Thursday, March 13, ousted the No. 14 Otter Valley girls’ basketball team from the Division II playoffs, 67-30, in a first-round game.

Late in Tuesday’s third quarter in the Otter Valley gym, the Middlebury Union High School boys’ basketball team appeared poised to upset the host Otters.

The visiting Middlebury Union High School girls’ basketball team put on an impressive first-half display at Otter Valley on this past Saturday, taking a 38-7 lead at the break and cruising to a 65-29 victory over the Otters.

A large mural painted by 15 Otter Valley Union High School students under the tutelage of Brandon artist Doug Lazarus recently went on display in downtown Brandon.

The Otter Valley Unified Union School District recently received a $114,000 grant funded entirely by the Vermont Department of Labor to enhance hands-on student career exploration opportunities with an introductory welding course.

The No. 4 seed Otter Valley football team on Saturday upset previously unbeaten top seed Fairfax/Lamoille, 41-35, in a Division III semifinal.

No. 2 seed U-32 held off a rally by the No. 3 Otter Valley field hockey team to prevail, 3-2, in a Division II field hockey semifinal on Wednesday played on St. Johnsbury’s turf field.