school closure
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MAUSD explores closure of Beeman Elementary School
School board members said they’d like more information on what it would look like if New Haven families had school choice.
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MAUSD withholds school consolidation financial information
BRISTOL — This fall, as a subcommittee of the Mount Abraham Unified School District board discussed which school-closure and other cost-saving options it should recommend to Superintendent Patrick…
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MAUSD hosts town halls, talks closures
BRISTOL — During an Oct. 14 virtual town hall meeting hosted by the Mount Abraham Unified School District, discussion facilitator Sue McCormack reminded the district’s Community Engagement Committee,…
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Letter to the editor: Small schools shouldn’t be condemned to closure
Last week’s op-ed, “ACSD must change, or face woeful cuts,” raises some important points. Yes, the district is at the excess spending threshold the state has mandated. For…
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Letter to the editor: Act 46 penalizes smaller towns
Act 46 is flawed, deceptive legislation that should be repealed. Act 46 consolidation is being carried out in the Addison Central School District as a process of disempowering…
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Letter to the editor: Send Middlebury kids to rural schools
As the son of a former MUHS principal (1961-1979) who was then district business manager for a few years, I’m not sure how my father, Dr. Kenneth Severson,…
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ACSD won’t warn citizen petitions
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…
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Letter to the editor: Respect ANWSD board; the financial pressure is real
Dear Friends and Neighbors in the Addison Northwest School District: In recent months I have had many private conversations with people in our district about the future of…
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Weybridge parents urge a new tack on school merger issue
WEYBRIDGE — Three Weybridge women have joined forces to infuse two ingredients they believe have been in short supply thus far in the school closure debate in the…
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Letter to the editor: Ripton school delivers to kids
In response to the letter of Jan. 6 (Invest in educators, not buildings) I am unable to contain my frustration at the blinkered and money-minded attitudes that led…
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Letter to the editor: Democratic, open process is best for schools
Writing helps me process life, and, because I am a slow processor, I tend to find myself putting words down in order to gain clarity and empathy for…
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Letter to the editor: School closure petition flawed
I believe some clarification is in order to anyone that signed, or is considering voting in favor of, the petition made by Save Our Schools to the Addison…
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ANWSD to ‘repurpose’ Addison School
VERGENNES — Opponents of school closure in the Addison Northwest School District suffered two defeats at Monday night’s board meeting. First, the board rejected, on legal grounds, a…
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Editorial: ANWSD board’s decision undermines our democracy
The decision by the Addison Northwest School District board to reject two petitions seeking to amend the district’s articles of unification, and its decision to close Addison Central…
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Letter to the editor: ANWSD Board rejects public input
We hear you. We don’t care. We’re doing what we want anyway. That’s the message I heard loud and clear at the ANWSD (Addison Northwest School District) board…
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Letter to the editor: SOS petition on school closures is shortsighted
I believe some clarification is in order to anyone that signed, or is considering voting in favor of, the petition made by Save Our Schools to the Addison…