Southern Valley

Southern Valley seeks advice on dissolution

HALIFAX- Southern Valley Union School Board is seeking the advice of an attorney specializing in education law to help them ensure the state board of education swiftly approves the dissolution of their union.
“We want to know if there’s a next step that we have to do,” said SVUSB chair...

Readsboro voters agree to break up district

READSBORO- Voters in Readsboro overwhelmingly ratified Halifax’s withdrawal from the Southern Valley Unified Union School District, sending what will essentially be the dissolution of the union district to the state board of education for approval.
Readsboro’s vote by Australian ballot...

Remote learning option affects the number of classroom teachers

READSBORO- Southern Valley School District may have to give up one classroom teacher to support a remote learning option this fall, board members learned at a special meeting Tuesday evening.
The district wouldn’t actually lose the teacher, but the teacher would be assigned to teach...

Windham Southwest to offer families choices

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley, Southern Valley, and Stamford schools will offer parents and students returning to school this year two options for instruction, including in-person learning and remote learning.
Last week, members of the Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Board of Directors...

District rolls out fall back-to-school plans

Update Friday, July 17: A copy of Windham Southwest Supervisory Union's draft family handbook for school reopening has been attached to this article
WILMINGTON- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union board members and administrators got a look at what the school day will...

Readsboro will go ahead with vote

By Mike Eldred
READSBORO- Southern Valley Unified Union School District board members acknowledged Readsboro’s upcoming informational meeting and Australian ballot on whether to allow Halifax to withdraw from the district at their regular meeting Wednesday evening.
At a Readsboro...

Southern Valley schools working on plans to open buildings for fall

HALIFAX- Southern Valley School Board members discussed COVID-19 related concerns at their regular meeting Wednesday evening.
The board pondered how their schools might operate in the fall. School board chair Chum Sumner noted that CDC guidance has changed, and will likely continue to...

Schools sorting out online challenges

By Mike Eldred
HALIFAX- Southern Valley School Board members held their regular meeting remotely Wednesday evening, following recent guidance from the state regarding open meetings via teleconference during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Superintendent...

Area schools prepare closure plans

This story was updated with addtional information on Thursday, March 19 DEERFIELD VALLEY- Schools and child care and preschool facilities have closed following orders issued by Gov. Phil Scott this week.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union schools, including Twin Valley, Southern...

A recently-released study shows that many local school districts, including Twin Valley, have been underfunded. File photo

Weighting inequities have crushed local taxpayers

Proposed weighting figures updated with 2020 data MONTPELIER- The Legislature’s Joint Fiscal Office has released an updated analysis of the effect of proposed changes to the state’s equalized pupil weighting system. For school districts in the Deerfield Valley, the outlook...