school budgets


  • Mixed bag in school budget voting; 4 pass, 2 fail

    Mixed bag in school budget voting; 4 pass, 2 fail

    Residents of Addison County’s largest and smallest school districts approved their fiscal year 2027 public education budgets on Tuesday. But two school budgets on the southern end of…

  • OVUU budget set; Caverly preschool still in doubt

    After strenuous attention to questions of transparency extending from last week’s meeting, the Otter Valley Unified school board voted to approve an FY27 budget that would come in…

  • ACSD budget nears board approval

    ACSD budget nears board approval

    Barring any major, 11th-hour subtractions or additions, ACSD voters on March 3 will be asked to approve $53 million in spending to educate Middlebury-area PreK-12 students during the…

  • Lincoln School District expects 2% rise in spending

    Lincoln School District expects 2% rise in spending

    The district is anticipates a slight increase in the homestead tax rate for FY27.

  • ANWSU board eyes 26-27 budget

    The Addison Northwest School District board in two meetings this month continued to wrestle with a spending proposal for the 2026-2027 school year.

  • Otter Valley board edging away from teacher cut

    The Otter Valley Unified Union School Board on Tuesday faced spirited community pushback toward the prospect of an added year-round curriculum coordinator position in the central office while…

  • Proposed Otter Valley school budget increases spending by 3.49%

    District officials say they’re doing their best to keep costs down for FY27.

  • ACSD girds for tough budget year

    District leaders are crafting a FY2027 school budget amidst inflation, rising health care premiums and a lack of surplus to apply to the bottom line.

  • ACSD plan OK’d in landslide

    Buoyed by good news on projected education property tax rates, a majority of Addison County residents supported their local school budgets on Town Meeting Day.

  • $35M approved in MAUSD

    Voters in the Mount Abraham Unified School District on Town Meeting Day decisively approved a $34,894,443 fiscal year 2026 budget. They voted in favor of the spending plan,…

  • ANWSD budget wins big

    Residents in the five Addison Northwest School District communities on Tuesday solidly backed a $27.653 million budget proposal to provide education for students in the coming school year.

  • Opinion: School boards have done their jobs, now pass school budgets

    Opinion: School boards have done their jobs, now pass school budgets

    Three school districts serving students from Addison County will soon revote budgets. Mount Abe, Slate Valley and Otter Valley budgets deserve to pass.

  • UPDATED: Slate Valley school spending fails for 3rd time

    UPDATED: Slate Valley school spending fails for 3rd time

    The absence of an approved FY’25 spending plan pushes SVUUSD closer to the prospect of having to borrow funds to at least begin the next budget cycle, which…

  • UPDATED: ANWSD budget defeated again; this time by 18 votes

    UPDATED: ANWSD budget defeated again; this time by 18 votes

    For the second time this month, residents of the five communities on Tuesday rejected a spending plan — this time by 18 votes.

  • Slate Valley voters OK school budget in a revote

    Voters in the Orwell-area school district endorse 2022-23 school spending plans

  • Letter to the editor: Input sought on rejected budget

    We admit that Town Meeting Day’s budget vote results (Slate Valley school budget defeated) hit us harder than others.