School

Dover School Principal Tracey Gamache

New principal ready for the challenges of day-to-day duties

WEST DOVER- After four years of teaching at the Dover School, former sixth grade teacher Tracey Gamache now fills the principal role.
Gamache’s hire follows the resignation of Matt Martyn, principal of Dover Elementary School for the past seven years. She officially started in the...

School district officials are trying to decide what to do with this playground equipment at Twin Valley Middle High. Randy Capitani

Hidden leaks, costs top school district to-do list

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members accepted the resignation of one of their newest board members, and addressed several maintenance issues at their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 23.
The board accepted, with regret, the resignation of Wilmington board member Mark Tiddes. ...

Voters turn back petition, school to stay open

READSBORO- The town’s elementary school will remain open, Readsboro voters decided Wednesday evening.
With a turnout of 260 voters, almost 45% of the town’s 579 registered voters, 91 voters, or 35%, cast ballots in favor of a petitioned question seeking to close the elementary school and...

Testing shows PCB levels at school are low

WHITINGHAM- The long-awaited results of testing for airborne PCBs at Twin Valley Middle High School were released Friday, and it was good, and perhaps surprising, news for students, parents, and school officials.
The test results indicated only one of the areas tested in the school, the...

Forum outlines possible changes to school choice after court ruling

DEERFIELD VALLEY - On Monday, May 1, Rep. Laura Sibilia hosted a forum about possible forthcoming changes to school choice in Vermont. Speakers at the meeting, which was held virtually, included Rep. Peter Conlon, who is the chair of the House Education Committee, and Falko Schilling, advocacy...

Voters will decide whether to close Readsboro Central School in a vote by Australian ballot from 10 am to 7 pm on Wednesday, May 17. An informational meeting and discussion will take place at the school on Tuesday, May 16, starting at 6 pm.

State hold on scores puts school to the test

Voters to decide fate of Readsboro school READSBORO- Next week Readsboro voters will have an opportunity to weigh in on the future of education in the town at an informational meeting on Tuesday, May 16, at 6 pm, and a vote by Australian ballot on Wednesday, May 17, from 10 am...

Concerned residents attended the Readsboro School Board meeting Tuesday evening. Some carried signs urging voters to turn back an effort to close Readsboro Central School. ME

Readsboro readies for school vote

READSBORO- School officials told more than 20 parents and community members at Tuesday evening’s Readsboro School Board meeting that a petitioned closure of the school could lead to a significant tax increase, at least in the first year of closure.
According to a cost projection prepared...

Readsboro school board, parents, discuss options depending on vote

READSBORO- More than 40 parents and other community members rallied at a special school board meeting Tuesday evening, expressing their support for Readsboro School following the submission of a petition seeking a vote on the closure of the school last week.
Board members also effectively...

Readsboro Central School

Petition seeks closure of Readsboro school

READSBORO- A petition presented at Tuesday evening’s Readsboro School Board meeting seeks a vote to close Readsboro Central School effective June 30.
“The goal is to close the school to provide a better education,” says parent Kaitlyn Boyd, who circulated the petition. “I had a fifth...

Readsboro voters approve school budget, question education quality

READSBORO- Voters passed the Readsboro School District’s fiscal year 2024 budget in an 81-35 vote by Australian ballot Tuesday, following discussion at their annual meeting Monday evening.
The 2024 budget, at $1,615,745 is up by about $80,000 over last year’s budget, or about 5%. ...