school closures
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MAUSD is weighing school closures
BRISTOL — After months of deliberation, a Mount Abraham Unified School District committee has narrowed down a wide range of building closure options and will soon make a…
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Letter to the editor: MAUSD should hit pause on school closure talks
Editor’s note: The writers sent this letter to the Mount Abraham Unified School District board and cc’d the Independent. Dear MAUSD School Board Members, It has become painfully…
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Four towns to weigh in on ACSD petitions
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…
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Middlebury group urges ACSD school mergers
MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District (ACSD) board has for many months been hearing a “don’t close our small schools” message from a coalition of Ripton and…
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Greg Dennis: Should we close some of our schools?
When I was a little 15-year-old, the powers-that-be in my small town decided to consolidate our schools. It caused a lot of anguish for many parents, who were…
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Some ANWSD residents seek charter change
VERGENNES — Less than a month after voters in Addison and Ferrisburgh defeated a proposal by the Addison Northwest School District to close Addison Central School (ACS) and…
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ANWSD finds it doesn’t need to cut $1M after all
VERGENNES — Some financial projections have changed in the Addison Northwest School District recently — in the district’s favor. For months, the ANWSD board and administrators anticipated that…
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Letter to the editor: Addy Indy treated ANWSD board unfairly before vote
Your editorial “Let small schools prove themselves” and the article written by Mr. Ross “Addison gears up for school closure fight” (both published in the Independent on Oct.…
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Addison and Ferrisburgh vote no on elementary school closings
ADDISON & FERRISBURGH — On Tuesday voters in Addison and Ferrisburgh, by large margins, rejected the Addison Northwest School District’s proposal to close Addison Central School (ACS) and…
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Editorial: Does Vermont want small, rural schools to survive?
Closing a town’s elementary school was as tough as predicted: In the town of Addison, voters on Tuesday rejected the Addison Northwest School District’s suggestion to voluntarily close…
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Addison issues school-closure statement on eve of vote
ADDISON — In a letter mailed to town residents on Oct. 31, the Addison selectboard has outlined a number of questions and concerns about the Addison Northwest School…
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Letter to the editor: ANWSD board explains school merger rationale
We, the elected members of the Addison Northwest School District board, are parents, community members, and dedicated public servants. We are tasked with ensuring a rich and robust…
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Letter to the editor: School merger info misleading?
I recently received a mailer from the ANWSD with information for voters about the upcoming school closure vote on Nov. 5. From the text on the recent mailer…
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Letter to the editor: Status quo in ANWSD means fewer programs
I was disappointed by the somewhat inflammatory reporting on the ANWSD in the news section of the Oct. 24 Addison Independent. As a parent of two children in…
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Letter to the editor: A community, not buildings, makes a school
What makes a school? That question, in various forms, has been asked by many of us over the past weeks. It calls into question our notions of education…
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Letter to the editor: Vergennes student urges open debate
I have been disappointed with the recent coverage of the issue of school closure in Addison and Ferrisburgh. It has emphasized the drama surrounding the issue, and has…