WSSU

Despite reservations Twin Valley board votes to hire coordinator

WHITINGHAM- Twin Valley Board members reluctantly voted to hire a part-time transportation coordinator at their regular meeting Tuesday, October 13. At a meeting two weeks earlier, the board tabled discussion on a proposal to reduce the number of hours Windham Southwest Supervisory Union...

What will Halloween look like?

WILMINGTON- The Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Executive Board discussed Halloween alternatives and their response when a COVID-19 case is identified at the school.
Southern Valley School District board member Helyn Strom-Henriksen, of Readsboro, suggested the board take action to...

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...

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...

Twin Valley drops below income threshold for universal free meals

WHITINGHAM- Every student at Twin Valley schools will have the opportunity to eat breakfast and lunch for free under a US Department of Agriculture program for schools that serve low income areas.
Twin Valley School Board members unanimously approved the district’s enrollment in the USDA’s...

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...

Board meets remotely, reconsiders vice principal

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members held their regular meeting by public conference call this week, their first under the state of emergency for COVID-10 declared by Gov. Phil Scott.
Superintendent Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll said the supervisory union and the district have been...

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...

Readsboro man diagnosed with Vermont's first case of coronavirus

DEERFIELD VALLEY- A Readsboro man has become the state's first patient diagnosed with COVID-19 (coronavirus), and five area schools were closed on Monday in response to possible community exposure to the virus. On Sunday, March 8, Vermont Health Department and Southwestern Vermont Medical...

New WSSU superintendent settling in

WILMINGTON - Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll says she is looking at her first 100 days as the superintendent of the Windham Southwest Supervisory Union as an opportunity to learn.
“The most important thing I can do, and am doing, is meeting people and learning,” she says. “I’m at a point...