Slate Valley


  • Slate Valley voters OK school budget

    Voters in the Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) — which includes the town of Orwell — finally approved a 2022-2023 public education budget on Wednesday, April…

  • Slate Valley voters OK school budget in a revote

    Voters in the Orwell-area school district endorse 2022-23 school spending plans

  • Slate Valley budget revote set

    Residents of Orwell and the five Rutland County towns in the Slate Valley Unified Union School District next Wednesday will get a second chance to vote on a…

  • Letter to the editor: Input sought on rejected budget

    We admit that Town Meeting Day’s budget vote results (Slate Valley school budget defeated) hit us harder than others.

  • Community forum: Slate Valley grateful to many

    Community forum: Slate Valley grateful to many

    The overriding mission of the school board since the onset of the pandemic has been to keep our kids safe and to keep them in school.

  • Orwell middle schoolers could head to Fair Haven high school

    ORWELL — The Orwell Village School in the fall of 2022 would start sending its seventh- and eighth-grade students to Fair Haven Union High School under a plan…

  • Revised SVUUSD budget passes by narrow margin

    ORWELL — The third vote was the charm for passing a fiscal year 2021 K-12 budget for the Slate Valley Unified Union District Schools (SVUUSD), which includes Orwell.…

  • Orwell-area schools plan fall reopening

    ORWELL — The Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) on Tuesday announced students would return to Orwell Village School this fall.  It is part of a school…

  • SVUUSD cuts budget for Aug. 11 revote

    ORWELL — Orwell voters on Tuesday, Aug. 11, will cast ballots on a revised 2020-2021 K-12 spending plan of $26,402,586 for Slate Valley Unified Union District Schools (SVUUSD).…

  • Orwell to vote on lower school budget

    ORWELL — Orwell voters will return to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to cast ballots on a reduced 2020–2021 K–12 spending plan for Slate Valley Unified Union…

  • Slate Valley school district budget rejected again

    ORWELL — Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) residents, including those in Orwell, turned out at the polls on Tuesday to again reject a proposed 2020–2021 budget…

  • Orwell to take another vote on a school budget

    ORWELL — Orwell voters will join their fellow Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) residents at the polls on June 9 to field the same fiscal year…

  • SVUUSD voters nix capital plan and budget

    ORWELL — Orwell residents on Tuesday joined other Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) voters in soundly defeating a proposed $59.5 million bond issue that would have,…

  • 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…

  • Letter to the editor: Thank you, Slate Valley board

    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…