Twin Valley

After 14 years on board, Richter turns in last assignment

WILMINGTON- Just as the Twin Valley High School in Wilmington was going to change hands, transitioning from a school district-owned building to an OSEC facility that would soon become the Old School Community Center, the Twin Valley School Board held an alumni night there. Barbecue was served,...

Voters scrutinize Twin Valley plans

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members met with the public by Google Meet Tuesday evening for an informational meeting on their fiscal 2022 budget to be voted by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 2.
Board member Janna Ewart led the board’s budget presentation with a recap of the...

Moderator Leon Corse, left, and Mark Hanna during a paper ballot vote at Whitingham’s 2020 Town Meeting. There will be no in-person meeting this year. File/RC

Town Meeting heads into new territory for area communities

DEERFIELD VALLEY- In light of pandemic restrictions and concerns, towns and school districts are finding new strategies for conducting annual Town Meetings.
Some towns and school districts have postponed their meetings, but haven’t set dates or decided on a format for their Town Meetings...

Twin Valley board votes to join group pushing for funding change

WHITINGHAM- At their regular meeting Tuesday evening, Twin Valley board members voted to hold the annual district meeting and elections by Australian ballot this year, and approved a resolution to join a coalition lobbying for the implementation of the pupil weighting study released just over a...

Twin Valley board signs off on budget

Note: This article has been updated to correct an error in the date of the Twin Valley Unified Union School District annual meeting, and to clarify that residents interested in running for the Twin Valley School Board should contact their town clerk by January 25.
WILMINGTON- On Tuesday,...

Twin Valley board looking for savings

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley School Board members asked principals to propose cuts to the first draft of the 2022 budget at their work session Tuesday evening.
The request followed a briefing in which board members learned how to use a spreadsheet tool, created by financial consultant Michael...

Kathy Larsen chairs the Twin Valley Financial Sustainability Committee

Twin Valley committee works through numbers

WHITINGHAM-Twin Valley Finance Committee members discussed budgeting strategy with financial consultant Michael Nadeau Thursday, November 19. Committee members began with an analysis of the $822,894 fund balance for fiscal year 2020, which ended on June 30. The unusually high fund balance...

Board takes a first look at budget

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members received a first draft of the 2022 budget Tuesday evening and discussed strategies for avoiding the Act 68 “penalty box.”
The good news in the first draft is a 3.9% drop in overall expenditures, from the current total budget of $9,309,045 to $...

Twin Valley financial consultant Michael Nadeau explains excess spending penalty and homestead tax calculations

School district trying to get a handle on budgets

WHITINGHAM- Members of Twin Valley’s financial sustainability committee met with financial consultant Michael Nadeau Tuesday evening.
The financial sustainability committee was created following a board retreat in mid-October with a goal of identifying and analyzing “options for getting...

Board moves part of surplus to capital fund

By Mike Eldred
WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley School Board members moved part of an end-of-year surplus into a capital fund, voted to hire a financial consultant, and discussed their recently created financial sustainability committee.
The financial sustainability committee was one of two...