The Secretary's Proposed Plan Under Act 46 Section 10
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Proposed Statewide Plan for School District Governance 2015 Acts and Resolves No. 46, Sec. 10(a) June 1, 2018 Heather Bouchey, Ph.D., Acting Secretary of Education Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................... 6 I. Background ............................................................................................................................................. 8 II. Overview of Process........................................................................................................................... 11 III. Section 9 Proposals ........................................................................................................................... 13 IV. The Law’s Goals and Mandates ...................................................................................................... 15 V. Thematic Observations ...................................................................................................................... 17 VI. District Mergers –Proposals and Analysis .................................................................................... 22 A. Existing Union High School Districts and Their Member Elementary Districts ................ 25 a. Traditional UHSDs ................................................................................................................ 26 1. The Brattleboro Union High School District and its Four Member Elementary Districts (Brattleboro; Dummerston; Guilford; Putney) ........................................... 26 The Brattleboro Elementary School District ............................................................... 27 The Dummerston Elementary School District ........................................................... 28 The Guildford Elementary School District ................................................................. 30 The Putney Elementary School District ...................................................................... 31 2. The Missisquoi Valley Union High School District and its Three Member Elementary Districts (Franklin; Highgate; Swanton) ................................................ 37 3. The Oxbow Union High School District and its Two Member Elementary Districts (Bradford; Newbury) ..................................................................................... 43 The Newbury School District ....................................................................................... 44 The Bradford Incorporated District and the Oxbow Union High School Districts .......................................................................................................................................... 45 4. The Spaulding Union High School District and its Two Member Elementary Districts (Barre City; Barre Town) ............................................................................... 49 5. The Union 32 High School District and its Five Member Elementary Districts (Berlin; Calais; East Montpelier; Middlesex; Worcester) .......................................... 51 b. MUUSDs and NMEDs .......................................................................................................... 60 6. The Barnard Elementary School District (NMED) ............................................... 63 7. The Cambridge Elementary School District (NMED).......................................... 71 8. The Huntington Elementary School District (NMED) ......................................... 74 9. The Orwell Elementary School District (NMED) ................................................. 79 10. The Windham Elementary School District (NMED) .......................................... 83 c. USDs with Un-Like Members............................................................................................... 89 11. The Bellows Falls Union High School District and its Four Member Districts (Athens, Grafton, Rockingham, and Westminster) ................................................... 91 Proposed Statewide Plan; Act 46, Sec. 10(a) Page 2 of 189 (Revised: June 1, 2018) 12. The Hazen Union High School District AND the Lakeview Union Elementary School District and All Member Districts (Greensboro; Hardwick; Stannard; Woodbury) .................................................................................................... 97 13. The Lake Region Union High School District and its Seven Member Districts (Albany; Barton; Brownington; Glover; Irasburg; Orleans; Westmore) ............... 100 14. The Mount Anthony Union High School District and its Five Member Districts (Bennington; North Bennington; Pownal, Shaftsbury; Woodford) ....... 102 Bennington, Shaftsbury, and Woodford School Districts ...................................... 103 North Bennington Incorporated District .................................................................. 104 Pownal School District ................................................................................................ 104 15. North Country Union High School District and its Member Districts (Brighton; Charleston; Derby; Holland; Jay; Lowell; Morgan; Newport City; Newport Town; Troy; Westfield) and the Coventry School District .................... 109 B. Single-Town Districts that Pay Tuition for All Resident Students, PreK-12 (“Nonoperating Districts”) ............................................................................................................. 113 16. The Pittsfield School District ............................................................................... 115 17. The Sandgate School District ............................................................................... 117 18. The Searsburg School District ............................................................................. 119 19. The Stratton School District ................................................................................. 121 20. The Winhall School District ................................................................................. 123 C. Town Districts Responsible for PreK-12 and Union Districts Not Exempt from Merger 125 a. Districts for Which Merger is “Possible” … BUT is Merger Also “Practicable”? And/or is Retaining the Same Structure “Best”? .................................................................. 126 21. The Blue Mountain Union School District (Towns of Groton, Ryegate, and Wells River) ................................................................................................................... 126 22. The Cabot School District .................................................................................... 132 23. The Danville School District ................................................................................ 132 24. The Twinfield Union School District (Towns of Marshfield and Plainfield) 132 The Cabot School District ........................................................................................... 133 The Danville School District ....................................................................................... 135 The Twinfield Union School District ......................................................................... 136 25. The Craftsbury School District ............................................................................ 143 26. The Elmore-Morristown UUSD and the Stowe School District ..................... 146 27. The Enosburgh School District and the Richford School District .................. 150 28. The Fairfax School District, the Fletcher School District, and the Georgia School District ............................................................................................................... 157 29. The Hartland School District and the Weathersfield School Districts........... 161 30. The Montgomery School District ........................................................................ 166 Proposed Statewide Plan; Act 46, Sec. 10(a) Page 3 of 189 (Revised: June 1, 2018) 31. The Sheldon School District ................................................................................. 174 32. The Stamford School District ............................................................................... 180 33. The Waits River Valley Union School District (Towns of Corinth and Topsham) ...................................................................................................................... 182 b. Districts for Which Merger is Either NOT “Possible” or NOT “Practicable” or Both 185 34. The Arlington School District .............................................................................. 185 35. The Canaan School District.................................................................................. 185 36. The Coventry School District .............................................................................. 185 37. The Sharon School District................................................................................... 185 38. The South Hero School District ........................................................................... 185 39. The Strafford School District ............................................................................... 185 40. The Thetford School District ............................................................................... 185 41. The Vernon School District .................................................................................. 185 42. The Windsor / West Windsor UUSD.................................................................