Ripton school fails in bid to attract enough young students

An 11th-hour bid to preserve kindergarten and 1st-grade education at tiny Ripton Elementary School suffered a big setback when ACSD Superintendent Wendy Baker announced that not enough out-of-town families had accepted an invitation to join RES’s K/1 class this fall to achieve the district’s new class-size policy.

Middlebury College and the town of Ripton have negotiated a new payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement through which the institution will pay the municipality more than $218,000 during each of the next 10 years, in recognition of its nontaxable holdin … (read more)

Ripton residents are joining forces to reimagine how public education might be delivered in their small town, in light of declining enrollment that’s placed the future of their local school in jeopardy.

It was another year in the books for the almost four-decade-old Ripton Ridge Run.

After the half-time principal of Ripton Elementary resigned, Salisbury Principal Bjarki Sears will become acting principal in Ripton and Roxanne Greene will be the on-site, part-time associate principal there.

A successful reconciliation effort between Ripton parents and their local educators will allow the community’s elementary school to continue as a K-5 learning hub — at least for now.

Snuggle in… it’s time for the second annual Snugfest in Ripton. After a successful first year, Snugfest 2024 will be held on Sunday, Sept. 29, from 12-7 p.m., at Silver Towers in Ripton.

The town of Ripton, two years removed from a bruising battle to safeguard its elementary school, finds its public education hub in crisis. Parental backlash over a recently launched K-1-2 combined class came to a head on Monday with the sudden resignation … (read more)

Like many who attended Monday night’s ACSD meeting, I left feeling incredibly disappointed with the board’s actions in the meeting. The discussion centered around immediately removing the K-2 students at Ripton elementary and placing them into other area … (read more)

For 14-year-old George Cammack attending the 2024 Fire Cadet Academy hosted in Pittsford by the Vermont State Firefighter’ Association was one of the few times he stepped foot outside of his Ripton home this summer.

The annual Rabbi Victor E. Reichert Bible Talk will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Ripton Community Church. The talk will be delivered this year by the Reverend Doctor Neal F. Fisher of Middlebury. The title of his talk will be “The Human … (read more)

Here are the scheduled school bus pick-up and drop-off times for students in Cornwall, Salisbury, Bridport, Shoreham, Weybridge, Ripton and Middlebury, as well for students over the mountain.

Middlebury College as appointed Justin Beckwith as the new full-time, year-round manager of the Rikert Outdoor Center in Ripton. This marks a historic moment as Beckwith becomes the first full-time, year-round manager in Rikert’s history.

The popular Addison County band The Almendros will bring their diverse and danceable music to a fundraiser for the people of Gaza on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Ripton Community House, from 6-8 p.m.

Just 72 hours after her newest album, “When It All Goes Down,” was released — Sarah King received an unwelcome diagnosis from her doctor: “He told me I have thyroid cancer.”