Southern Valley

School district figures out transportation funds

WILMINGTON-A funding issue that has been the subject of discussions at several Windham Southwest Supervisory Union school board meetings was settled at last Wednesday’s supervisory union board meeting.
The issue concerns state reimbursement for transportation costs borne by each district....

Southern Valley holds a very short info meeting

HALIFAX- The Southern Valley Unified Union School District board held an informational meeting virtually on Google Meet in lieu of their annual meeting this year on Monday at 7 pm.
Prior to the meeting, their annual report had been released to the public. Monday’s informational meeting was...

Readsboro, Halifax fill new school board seats

DEERFIELD VALLEY- On Tuesday, voters in Halifax and Readsboro elected their first town school board members following the dissolution of the Southern Valley Unified Union School District last fall.
Under state statute, Vermont Secretary of State James Condos was required to warn special...

Halifax, Readsboro boards weigh funds prior to school split

READSBORO- A discussion of the disposition of Southern Valley Unified Union School District’s debts and surpluses that will remain after the district ceases operations proved controversial at the board’s Wednesday, December 16, meeting.
On June 30, 2021, the union district will cease to...

Budget numbers may be promising for Readsboro restart

READSBORO- Readsboro school board members, meeting as a subcommittee of the Southern Valley Unified Union School District Board Monday evening, got their first glimpse of a proposed 2022 budget for Readsboro School.
The news may be good for Readsboro taxpayers. Although the figures are...

Board backtracks on school special election

HALIFAX- At their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 6, the Halifax Selectboard voted to nullify their controversial September 24 vote to warn a special election of three school board members to the recently reconstituted Halifax School District.
The Thursday, September 24, vote at an...

School opening goes well in Readsboro and Halifax, guidelines followed

READSBORO- Principals at last Wednesday’s Southern Valley School Board meeting reported that the first week of school under COVID-19 guidelines went smoothly for teachers and for students.
Readsboro Principal Wilmer Chavarria described the community as “happy” about the school opening,...

State board of education chair John Carroll at Wednesday's board meeting

State board approves breakup

Readsboro and Halifax school districts to separate next summer MONTPELIER- Southern Valley Unified Union School District will cease to exist on July 1, 2021, and the independent school districts of Halifax and Readsboro will begin operating on the same date. The state board of...

Readsboro School

Readsboro school to get repairs, district nixes contact sports

READSBORO- Readsboro School will get HVAC repairs next month, and students in Southern Valley Unified Union School District won’t participate in contact sports this season, board members decided at a special meeting Tuesday evening.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Facilities Manager...

School officials to present breakup case to state

HALIFAX- The Vermont Agency of Education and state board of education have acted swiftly on Halifax’s move to withdraw from Southern Valley Unified Union School District.
On Friday, September 3, Vermont State Board of Education Chair John Carroll contacted SVUUSD Chair Chum Sumner and...