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Parents raise questions about IB program costs and effectiveness

By Lauren Harkawik
DOVER - On Monday, the River Valleys Unified Union School District held the first of two informational meetings in advance of its annual meeting. Although members of the public didn’t ask for reductions in the budget, they did come with questions, including a request...

Board agrees to residency policy changes, letter in support of study

DOVER - Following an informational meeting about the district’s upcoming annual meeting, the River Valleys Unified Union School District board conducted regular business, including reviewing a to-be-adopted policy for the verification of student residency and deciding to write letters to...

River Valleys voters to decide articles at annual meeting

WARDSBORO - On Monday, January 6, the River Valleys Unified Union District Board approved the warning for the district’s annual meeting. Unlike last year, the budget will be voted from the floor at the annual meeting, which is scheduled for Tuesday, February 11, at 7 pm at Dover Town Hall. ...

Taxes projected to be up for River Valleys, even with a buy-down

DOVER - At the Monday, December 16, River Valleys Unified Union School District meeting, Windham Central Supervisory Union business manager Laurie Garland presented projected tax rates to the board. Taxes for FY21 were projected to rise by 13% in Dover and Wardsboro. The board agreed to...

Group chewing its CUD over lack of broadband

WHITINGHAM — A group that has named itself the “Deerfield Valley Broadband Working Group” met on Wednesday, December 11, to discuss the possibility of forming a communications union district (CUD) and to hear about ways that groups in other regions have successfully implemented broadband...

Health benefits going up almost 13%

WARDSBORO - At its meeting on Monday, the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board got a first look at the district’s FY21 budget, which is predicted to be up by 0.61% over last year. The board approved a change to transportation and also asked Windham Central Supervisory Union Director...

New teachers include familiar faces at area schools

Note: This is the first installment of our annual look at new teachers in local schools. More profiles will follow in future issues. Alma Hart Music
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union elementary schools
Alma “Peaches” Hart says she feels like she’s “coming home...

Some evidence in murder case deemed admissible

BRATTLEBORO - In a decision filed with Windham Superior Court Criminal Division on Wednesday, August 7, a motion in limine to exclude evidence in a case relating to a 2016 fatal shooting in Wardsboro was “granted in part and denied in part.”
In December 2016, a grand jury indicted Kevin...

Board supports full pre-K participation

DOVER - At the Monday, June 17, meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District, the board unanimously voted to require participants in the district’s pre-K programming to attend the program on all scheduled days.
The decision came as the result of a clarifying question from...

Wardsboro won’t move forward with school extension, defers to merged board

DOVER - The Wardsboro School Board will not pursue a $100,000 extension to Wardsboro Elementary in the short term. Dwight Boerem, who serves on the Wardsboro School Board as well as the River Valleys Unified Union School Board, reported the development at the latter board’s meeting on Monday, May...