school consolidation
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State board weighs options for Lincoln
During a meeting held at Mount Abraham Union High School last week, the State Board of Education determined they need more time to decide how the Lincoln School…
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Ripton, back with ACSD, will fight for local control
Ripton officials are vowing to press for rule changes at the state and local levels that would give the rural community, and others like it, more of a…
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Ripton votes yes to rejoin ACSD
Residents on Thursday decided to rejoin the Middlebury-area school district after leaving it for fear of losing their elementary school.
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Letter to the editor: Merger panel ignores input in favor of sales pitch
After attending the Merger Study Committee meeting on Sept. 20, we came away quite disturbed.
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Letter to the editor: Many reasons to vote no on MAUSD-ANWSD merger
Merging would mean moving school governance even farther away from the students and their schools and communities.
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Letter to the editor: Ripton’s voice could be lost
At our Ripton School Board Meeting about our upcoming Sept 29 vote, many in our community came together to hear and ask questions about the current situation. While…
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Letter to the editor: Ripton deserves to make its own decisions about its school
Resident urges No vote on whether Ripton should rejoin the Addison Central School District.
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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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Potential board members sought for Addison North school district
Residents who want their name to appear on the ballot for the merged ANWSD/Mount Abe school board must submit petitions by Oct. 3.
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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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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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Addison North Merger study committee plans next steps
The committee studying a potential merger of the Addison Northwest and Mt Abe. school districts discussed its next moves before a likely Nov. 8 public vote on a…
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Guest editorial: The chance has arrived for a rebirth of our Vt. schools
Stripping off the rhetoric and the academese, it comes down to keeping beloved small schools open versus the cost.
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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.