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Last-chance merger passes in Ludlow, Mt. Holly; BRHS to close by June 2020
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Perhaps seeing an outcome that might be inevitable, Ludlow and Mt. Holly residents went to the polls Tuesday and approved a plan that will merge all their schools into one district but will close Black River High School by June 2020 and tuition those students to other […]
News analysis: What ‘yes’ and ‘no’ mean in Ludlow-Mt. Holly merger vote
By Shawn Cunningham ©2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Tuesday, Nov. 28, voters in the towns of Ludlow and Mt. Holly will once again go to the polls to decide what course to take in educating their primary and secondary students. But according to merger consultant Dan French, this will be their last chance to control […]
Rep. Olsen announces resignation from State House; Town Clerk Pajala throws hat in ring
Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC State Rep. Oliver Olsen of South Londonderry announced Sunday night that he will resign his office by January 2018. And this morning, Londonderry Town Clerk Kelly MacLaury- Pajala announced that she will submit her name to be considered for the job of filling out the remainder of his […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Oct. 16, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16 at Grafton Town Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Adopt Minutes: October 2, 2017 3. Highway Report 4. Randy Bronson, VEM/VT Alert 5. Ed Bank/Act 46 Consolidation 6. Delinquent Tax Sales 7. Approval of VLCT Onsite […]
New RED school district gets under way
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC The launch of the Green Mountain Unified School District, a Regional Education District (RED) created by an Act 46 merger vote in May, took place Tuesday night. Not counting school and town employees, only a handful of voters from the constituent towns of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and […]
To the editor: Voters should participate in new school district meeting
On May 2, 2017 the citizens of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester voted to approve the Act 46 merger plan to form one school district with one budget, one tax rate and one board of directors. At the same time the members of the new board were elected. That vote has since been certified by […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Monday, Aug. 21, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21 at the Grafton Town Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Minutes: August 7, 2017 3. Highway Report 4. Act 46/Ed Bank, Grafton Board of Education Chairman 5. Josh Ellsworth/Report on Japanese Knotweed 6. Fact8TV 7. Historic […]
Grafton Select Board agenda for Aug. 7, 2017
The Grafton Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7 at Grafton Town Garage, 220 Bell St. Below is its agenda. 1. Adopt Agenda 2. Minutes: July 17, 2017 3. Highway Report 4. Act 46/Ed Bank, Grafton Board of Education Chairman 5. Bill Kearns Vtrans Mapping Emergency Management Chain of Command 6. Update […]
More speak against merger at Ludlow meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC A crowd of nearly 80 people gathered in President’s Hall at the Ludlow Elementary School on a warm sunny evening last Tuesday to hear a presentation and ask questions about the proposed merger of the Ludlow and Mount Holly schools into the Mill River Unified Union School […]
To the editor: Citizen group wants more time for BRHS ideas
Black River Area Innovative Network, BRAIN, is a grassroots organization of people from both Mount Holly and Ludlow who have been meeting for the past several weeks. Initially a few of us came together to promote a NO vote. We wanted more time to figure out a possible solution rather than closing our school. Our […]
Four towns OK Green Mountain RED merger; voter turnout low
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Although turnout numbers were low, voters in Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish and Chester today, approved an Act 46 merger of the six districts that comprise their school system into the Green Mountain Unified School District. The new district will operate Chester-Andover Elementary School, Cavendish Town Elementary and Green […]
Ludlow area residents plan for merger ‘No’ vote and its aftermath
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than 40 people got together Thursday night to plan their opposition to the closing of Black River High School and the merger of the Ludlow and Mount Holly schools with the Mill River Unified Union School District in Clarendon. They also worked on ideas for what […]
Small crowd for Mill River merger meeting in Ludlow
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Considering the emotion that has swirled around the question of what should happen to Black River High School in the Act 46 school consolidation, a surprisingly small crowd turned out on Monday night to hear about and ask questions on the plan. Subtracting board members, Two Rivers […]
Between school mergers and splits: How did we get here?
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC Enacted by the Vermont legislature in the spring of 2015, Act 46 was designed to improve education opportunities for Vermont students while lowering the cost of providing those opportunities through mergers that would scale up the state’s schools and help create efficiencies. And that’s more than just […]
To the editor: Local rules for local schools
Earl Butz – Richard Nixon’s Secretary of Agriculture – was famous for telling farmers to “get big or get out.” His tenure set off a frenzy of consolidation in agriculture pushing small farmers off their land and turning neighbors against each other in an everyone-for-themselves scramble for more acreage. Farming began its perilous decline from […]
State Ed Board OKs TRSU RED plan; town votes eyed for May 2
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Tuesday, March 21 meeting, the Vermont State Board of Education gave the go-ahead to four area towns to put an Act 46 merger proposal before their voters on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. The approval by the Agency of Education and the Board of Education was […]
CAES Board of Directors meeting for March 13, 2017
The Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 13 in the CAES Library. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order: II. Approval of CAES Agenda-Additions and Deletions III. Board Reorganization a. Election of Board Chairperson b. Election of Board Clerk c. Appointment of Warrant Signer d. Board […]
GMUHS Board of Directors agenda for Thursday, March 9, 2017
Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. today, Thursday March 9 at the Library Learning Commons. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Board Reorganization a. Election of Board Chairperson b. Election of Board Clerk c. Appointment of Warrant Signer d. Board Code of Ethics Agreement Signatures […]
After long school meeting, Andover OKs $834,000 town budget
By Shawn Cunningham © 2017 Telegraph Publishing LLC With about 10 percent of the town’s population in attendance, the Andover Town Meeting on Saturday was – as usual – a well-mannered and friendly affair even though it started 70 minutes later than scheduled due to the school district meeting running over its allotted 15 minutes. […]
Chester Select Board candidates address issues
Editor’s Note: Three people are vying for two one-year seats on the Chester Select Board: incumbent Ben Whalen, who is seeking a second term, and newcomers Lee Gustafson and Kelly Arrison, both local businessowners. Arne Jonynas, who has been serving in a one-year position, was spurred to seek a three-year seat that is being vacated […]
