Three ACSD towns approve SOS referenda

RIPTON — Voters in three of the Addison Central School District’s seven member-towns support the notion that school board members should only be elected by their fellow townspeople, and that a local school should only be closed if a majority in its host community elect to do so. That was the takeaway in the towns of Ripton, Salisbury and Shoreham, which held non-binding votes on two petitioned referenda on March 3 that the ACSD board had declined to warn (due to legal advice) on its own ballot. Residents in … (read more)

CORNWALL — Four of the Addison Central School District’s seven communities will hold March 3 votes on two petitioned referenda that the ACSD board declined to warn on its Town Meeting Day ballot. The questions ask residents if they want more of a say in t … (read more)

On its website, the Vermont League of Cities and Towns describes town meeting as “direct democracy practiced in its purest form. It is the key to town government, as voters assemble to discuss issues, debate budgets, air grievances, elect officers, and de … (read more)

This open letter to the Addison Central School District Board of Education was also submitted to the Addison Independent Democracy is difficult to maintain. We must be vigilant at times like these when the seams of our democracy are unraveling. Citizens U … (read more)

MDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District board on Tuesday unanimously rejected two citizens’ petitions — based on a lawyer’s advice — that sought to give each of the seven ACSD-member towns more of a say in the election of their educational leaders … (read more)

Editor’s note: This is a letter sent to the Addison Central School District board and Superintendent Peter Burrows, and copied to the Independent. It deals with a topic that the board addressed on Tuesday and the Independent covered in today’s edition (se … (read more)