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Northfield/Williamstown Merger Study Committee agenda
6:00pm, March 16th, 2017
Williamstown Middle/High School
On the web at NorthfieldWilliamstownMerger.us
Goals of this meeting: Decision regarding transitional supervisory union; formal approval of merger study report and articles; develop plan for communications (forums, other).
6:00pm - Agenda revisions
6:01pm - Approval of minutes
The committee will review and vote on approval of minutes from 02/16/2017.
6:02pm - Public and committee comment
6:12pm - Discussion and decision regarding transitional supervisory union
The committee may include a preferred transitional supervisory union to be the entity assigned to the new unified district for administrative purposes. The Vermont Agency of Education has a default position of using the current ONSU, but the committee could, if desired, request the Vermont State Board of Education amend the report to reflect a committee specified preference.
6:30pm - Formal decision regarding submitting merger proposal and articles to the Vermont State Board of Education (VSBE) and vote of the public.
The committee will hold a roll call vote on whether or not to send the proposal and articles to the VSBE for review and approval and then to the towns for a public vote. This is a single decision.
7:00pm - Discussion and possible decisions regarding communications process.
The committee will review the timeline and develop a communications strategy to reach out to the public, respond to questions, and meet any other identified needs.
7:40pm - General comments and thoughts from the committee and any public in attendance.
8:00pm - Adjournment
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