school closures
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Ferrisburgh board urges opposition to school closure
FERRISBURGH — The Ferrisburgh selectboard is urging town residents to oppose the Addison Northwest School District’s proposal to close Ferrisburgh Central School. “Your selectboard under the leadership of…
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Letter to the editor: School boards are unchecked
In your editorial of Oct. 24, you write: “Surely, when the idea of consolidated governance was conceived in Act 46, no one imagined district boards would rule like…
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Letter to the editor: Small towns need schools
The ACSD School Board seems to be moving quickly in the direction of closing town schools. I strongly urge everyone from all towns to pay attention and become…
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Letter to the editor: Consolidation doesn’t assure savings or better student outcomes
The two main selling points for school unification are lowering school costs and improving student performance by providing a wider experience. We have no guarantees that this will…
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Letter to the editor: ACSD must seek alternatives to school closings
Editor’s note: This letter is in response to a letter by Addison Central School District Board Chairman Peter Conlon that ran in the Oct. 10 edition. Dear Peter…
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ANWSD schedules vote info meetings
VERGENNES — The Addison Northwest School District will host two voter information meetings on Monday, Nov. 4 — the night before elementary school-closure votes in Addison and Ferrisburgh.…
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Letter to the editor: More than cash for school closure
Although I cannot dispute that the Addison Central School District’s push to consolidate our elementary schools is one plausible solution to what they deem a taxpayer issue, as…
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Date set for Addison, Ferrisburgh school votes
VERGENNES — It’s official. The Addison Northwest School District has scheduled school-closure votes for Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the towns of Addison and Ferrisburgh. The ANWSD is asking…
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Letter to the editor: ANWSD plan rushed, savings uncertain
Editor’s note: This is a letter to Sue Rakowski, chair of the Addison Northwest School Board, in response to a letter she submitted on behalf of the board…
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Letter to the editor: ANWSD board explains its plans
As many of you know, we the Board of the Addison Northwest School District have asked the voters of Ferrisburgh and Addison to consider closing their schools. We…
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Letter to the editor: MAUSD students should begin journeys near home
Editor’s note: This letter was written by Rob Backlund of Lincoln on behalf of his five-month-old. To The Community Members of Lincoln, I want to thank each and…
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ANWSD school closures vote remains unclear
FERRISBURGH/ADDISON — After selectboards in Addison and Ferrisburgh early last week declined a school board request to hold votes on closing the elementary schools in those towns, the…
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ANWSD residents push back against closure
ADDISON/FERRISBURGH — While the fate of the votes on whether to close Addison and Ferrisburgh central schools remained uncertain late last week (see related story), many in those…
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Letter to the editor: Towns need a say in school closings
The process of Act 46 consolidation in the Addison Central School District has, in my view, lacked the necessary transparency and level of enfranchisement that one would expect…
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Residents push back on potential ANWSD school closures
VERGENNES — After many of the roughly 200 Addison Northwest School District residents gathered at Vergennes Union High School on Monday questioned a proposal to close Addison and…