Slate Valley district asking $59.5M for school upgrades

ORWELL — Residents in Orwell and the other five towns in the Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) will vote on a $59.5 million bond referendum on March 3. The money would pay for a new, 8,200-square-foot addition for the Orwell Village School, as well as construction of a new district middle school and major upgrades to Fair Haven Union High School. The proposal is the culmination of almost two years of research by an SVUUSD committee charged with researching ways to expand educational opport … (read more)

Editor’s note: This letter was directed to the members of the Slate Valley Unified Union School District, which includes Orwell, and cc’d to the Independent. I am writing to thank you for your service. I want to thank you for your countless hours of work, … (read more)