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The River Valleys School District Annual Meeting will be held at Wardsboro Town Hall on Tuesday, April 29, at 7 pm

River Valleys annual meeting Tuesday, elections by ballot Monday

DOVER - The River Valleys Unified School District Board held an informational meeting on Monday, in anticipation of next week’s annual meeting, which will be held at Wardsboro Town Hall on Tuesday, April 29, at 7 pm. Election of officers will occur by ballot the day prior, Monday, April 28, at...

River Valleys board looks at school budget, tries to reduce spending

DOVER - During their meeting on Monday, January 27, the River Valleys Unified School District discussed the board’s financials in preparation for approving the fiscal year 2026 budget this spring.
Dover Town Clerk Andy McLean gave an overview of important dates coming up for the board....

Supervisory union budget to grow by 16% for next year

By Mike Eldred
STAMFORD- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union board members approved a $7.5 million budget for fiscal year 2026 at a special meeting on Thursday, January 2.
The $7,545,749 budget for 2026 is an increase of more than $1 million, or about $16%, over the supervisory...

Porter named to fill board seat

DOVER - During their Monday, October 21, meeting at The Dover School, the River Valleys Unified School District board received an update on The Dover School’s roof and appointed a new member to the board.
“I’ve been an artist for the last four years. I have two kids at the school,” said...

Final fiscal figures still not finished

School district books not closed out
WILMINGTON- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union’s constituent districts are still without their final budget figures for fiscal year 2024, which ended on June 30.
At a supervisory union board meeting on Wednesday, October 2,...

Supervisory union woes called “some of the worst”

WILMINGTON- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union board members heard frank assessments of the current state of the supervisory union, as well as an analysis of the issues that led to its recent managerial and operational crisis.
Acting superintendent and consultant Kevin Dirth said the...

Education secretary says supervisory union improving, public meeting set for June 24

WILMINGTON- Interim Secretary of Education Zoie Saunders said the Agency of Education is “encouraged” that Windham Southwest Supervisory Union is “on a path to stabilizing and preparing for the 2024-2025 school year” in a recent letter to the supervisory union board.
Saunders’ letter,...

Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll

Supervisory union suspends leader, hires interim district superintendent

Series of emergency meetings held this month
WILMINGTON- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Board Chair Erika Bailey announced on Wednesday, April 17, that the board has taken action to place Superintendent Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll on leave.
The board has...

School district trying to decide roof repairs

DOVER - River Valleys Unified School District held their regular meeting at The Dover School on Monday, February 26. Items on the agenda were a third look at the draft budget, funding The Dover School’s roof repairs, and updates from the principals of The Dover School and Wardsboro Elementary....

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Suit alleges something stinky going on at sewer district

NEWFANE- A lawsuit filed against North Branch Fire District by a former board member may be headed to trial on Leap Day – Thursday, February 29 – if the parties can’t reach a settlement.
Thomas Ferrazza, a former chair of North Branch Fire District Prudential Committee, filed a lawsuit on...