So sorry that these best laid plans must be changed! Not sorry that we are getting snow.

We hope you will be able to make it February 20th at 6:30 at the Harwood Auditorium. Again, the details of the event are below in case you didn't catch the original announcement. We will spend a maximum of 10 minutes speaking on each subject, 10 minutes on Q&A at the end of each subject, and allow more time for discussion at the end. Please join us if you can.

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 SU, 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.

Education Funding Forum Agenda
I. Introduction to the School Budgets & the Act 68 Funding Formula- Michelle Baker, WWSU Director of Operations & Finance
II. Overview of Statewide School Budgets & Anticipated Impact on Taxes- Stephen Dale, Executive Director of Vermont School Boards Association
III. Cost Drivers & Local Cost Containment Efforts- Brigid Scheffert. WWSU Superintendent
IV. Introduction to Legislative Action Under Consideration - Adam Greshin, State Representative and Warren Elementary School Board Member
V. Strategies for Change Discussion- Heidi Spear, Fayston Elementary School Board Chair

Q & A will happen at the conclusion of each topic.

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