To all those interested in learning more about the way education funding in Vermont works and how local property tax rates fit into the picture, you are invited to join a supervisory union-wide conversation on the topic:

Washington West Education Funding Forum, Thursday, February 13th, 6:30 @ The Big Picture Theater in Waitsfield

The objective of the Education Funding Forum is to give community members a chance to learn more about our school funding system, local and statewide spending and the anticipated impact on our taxes prior to Town Meeting day. The complexity of these issues and its impact on our cost of living deserves more time and requires greater understanding. The forum will provide an opportunity for Q&A about our cost drivers and local cost containment efforts and include a discussion about our best options for containing spending and tax hikes going forward.

Panel members include a variety of stakeholders and perspectives: board members from every school board across the WWSU, administration, the Executive Director of the Vermont School Boards Association, Representative Adam Greshin and community leaders, who are concerned and engaged in these issues. The event will be moderated by Howard Wynne of Fayston.

We are committed to better informing the public and engaging them to work toward real solutions to the challenges we face. Given all the coalescing forces that are driving up spending and taxes, we felt it was important to engage early and more broadly, not just for the schools, but for the taxpayers.

I hope to see some of my Waterbury and Duxbury friends and neighbors there.

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