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Chittenden East Rejects School District Merger
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Voters in five northern Vermont towns are saying no to a plan to merge school districts and have one school board oversee nine schools.VPR News
Citing Savings, Merger Supporters Say It Would Increase Education Efficiency
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Residents in five Vermont towns will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a plan that would merge seven school districts, forming a single, regional district with one board. Supporters say it will cut costs and improve public education. Opponents say it will strip them of any authority local communities still have over their schools.VPR News
Vt. Towns To Vote On School Consolidation Plan
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Voters in five Chittenden county towns will decide tomorrow on a plan to merge seven school districts, dissolve eight school boards and put nine schools under the authority of one new 15-member board.VPR News
Commissioner Calls For School District Mergers
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Vermont Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca worries petitions in Addison and Vergennes to stop a school merger will stall other districts considering school board consolidations.Vermont Edition
Bringing Smart Grid To Vermont
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In 2009, the Department of Energy awarded Vermont $69 million in stimulus funds for smart grid implementation. The goal is to have a statewide smart grid in place by 2013. The state and utilities are now working to make that happen.VPR News
Vergennes Overturns Unified Union
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Voters in the city of Vergennes overturned a Town Meeting Day decision to form a unified union school district. The five towns of the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union have tried three times to form a unified union, which would allow the union’s four schools to be governed by one school board instead of five under the current system.VPR News
Addison Northwest Backs Unified Union
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For the second consecutive year, the five towns of the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union have voted to form one unified school district. The vote passed along a similar margin in 2010, but opponents in the town of Addison were able to overturn the results in a re-vote.VPR News
Education, District Consolidation Discussions Planned For Town Meeting
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Hard economic times, shrinking student populations and rising costs have put pressure on school districts to merge and consolidate. Only one district actually has merger on the ballot. But the prospect of restructuring education will be a topic of discussion at many town meetings.Vermont Edition
