Ripton
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Ripton readies for vote on rejoining ACSD
Ripton residents on Thursday, Sept. 29, will be asked whether they’d like to end their two-year effort to separate from the Addison Central School District, a move townspeople…
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Letter to the editor: Ripton principal weighs in on upcoming referendum
We find ourselves nearing another important townwide vote on how to best educate our children given current education funding laws and state statutes.
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ACSD will consider new school closure rule
The Addison Central School District board has agreed to revisit the notion of amending its charter in a manner that would give the town of Ripton — and…
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ACSD sets 2022 school bus routes for Middlebury-area towns plus Granville & Hancock
Look up the bus routes your child will take to school this fall.
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Ripton sets Sept. 29 to vote on rejoining ACSD
Ripton residents will vote Sept. 29 on whether the town should rejoin the Addison Central School District.
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Ripton to vote on rejoining ACSD
Twenty months after approving their town’s exit from the Addison Central School District, Ripton voters next month will be asked if they’d like to rejoin the fold.
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State board: Ripton not ready to run its own school district
State says Ripton not ready to run its own school; town will vote on rejoining ACSD.
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State board of ed. leery of Ripton’s exit plan
If the final draft of the report is endorsed by the full state board this Friday, it would deal a major setback to Ripton’s long, arduous effort to…
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Two towns ask sheriff to resign
The selectboards of at least two Addison County communities have joined the chorus of calls for Addison County Sheriff Peter Newton’s resignation in wake of his arrest last…
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Voter Brook reopens; Frost Trail gets updates
Road and parking improvements to the Voter Brook Overlook are now complete, according to District Ranger Chris Mattrick of the U.S. Forest Service, Rochester and Middlebury Ranger Districts.
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Ripton commits to leave school district in 2023
The Ripton School District board last week voted unanimously to stick to a path that would make the community’s new preK-12 school system operational during the summer of…
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Planning intensifies for a new Ripton school district
Very preliminary budget modeling by the Ripton School District board indicates the town might be able to run its own K-12 public education system for an education property…
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Ripton OKs budgets & elects new officers
Ripton residents on Monday, May 9, approved all of the financial items at their annual town gathering, and then went to the polls the next day to decide…
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Ripton town meeting to offer budget votes, races
Ripton residents will gather for a belated annual town meeting on Monday, May 9, to decide fiscal year 2023 budgets for their town, highway and school services, and…
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Spirit in Nature to honor beekeeper Ross Conrad
The Spirit in Nature (SpIN) annual meeting will honor Ross Conrad of Dancing Bee Gardens, Middlebury, with its Eco-Spirit Award for 2022 on Sunday, March 20, from 4…
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Challengers unseat ACSD incumbents
An Addison Central School District board election firmly rooted in the debate over the future of small rural schools culminated in wins on Tuesday for two outspoken advocates…
