school consolidation
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H.727 changes town withdrawal process
Gov. Phil Scott signed bill H.727 into law on June 7, forcing a handful of Addison County towns to navigate slight changes to the process of withdrawing from…
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Planning intensifies for a new Ripton school district
Very preliminary budget modeling by the Ripton School District board indicates the town might be able to run its own K-12 public education system for an education property…
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Letter to the editor: Pause advisable in merger study
Starksboro voters recently dealt a lethal, if not fatal, blow to the aspirations of a regional merger study committee to impose a full governance merger of the Mt.…
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ANWSD/MAUSD merger blueprint considers school closure
New draft articles of agreement would serve as the founding document for a proposed merger between the school districts in the northern half of Addison County.
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Starksboro votes to leave MAUSD
More than 200 registered voters turned out at the Robinson Elementary School multipurpose room to vote from the floor on a proposal to exit the Mount Abe school…
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Letter to the editor: Vote ‘yes’ for Robinson Elementary
In just a couple of weeks, Starksboro voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on the future of Robinson Elementary School.
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State hears Lincoln bid to leave the MAUSD
“We still have a lot of work to do on our journey here,” said James Warnock, who along with SCS colleague Paul Forlenza helped represent Lincoln’s interests before…
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Key issue could threaten MAUSD-ANWSD merger
The ANWSD-MAUSD Merger Study Committee gave preliminary approval to an article of agreement that would allow a future merged district to close elementary schools if certain academic and financial…
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Proposed bill raises bar for school district withdrawal
Supporters of efforts by Lincoln and Starksboro to withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District are casting wary eyes on a bill in the Legislature that would…
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Editorial: A rewrite for more consolidation
In the political tussle pitting small schools against districts that want to close them, a newly devised bill, H.727, intentionally works against the effort to preserve Vermont’s smaller…