To control costs, gain local control and own our town's viability and destiny, the Addison Select Board is considering the voter option of dissolution of the ANwSD union, which is under the purview of Town Municipalities.

Dissolution of the ANwSD would once again create K-12 districts in one operating fashion or another; public or school choice school governances. Dissolution of the ANwSD would close the current Central Office.

The Addison Select Board has been collecting information leading to their decision to pursue school governance options on behalf of the Addison voters (Act 153). In November of 2019, the Addison voters disapproved of closing the Addison Elementary School; 373 opposed and 123 in favor. Ignoring the voter results and the Act 46 Articles of Agreement's four year guarantee, the ANwSD school board closed Addison Central School June 30th, 2020 using reconfiguration authority.

Prior to the Act 46 ANwSD Union, combined local school actual education spending increased $1.2 million from FY2012 through FY2017 (181 student enrollment decline)

Every consolidation effort has been brought to a vote without projected budgets.

Under the Act 46 ANwSD Union, actual education spending increased $2.3 million from FY2017 through FY2020 (with 31 student enrollment decline). With Addison Central School closed, education spending has been projected to skyrocket another 6 million by FY2026 (108 student enrollment decline) .

The Addison Select Board will offer ZOOM and youtube-live for their up-coming discussion with Tom Martin regarding the withdrawal from, or dissolution of the ANwSD Union; (16V.S.A. 721a and 16V.S.A. 724.)

Join the Addison County Select Board VT on youtube live September 1st at 7 p.m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnDGDBMt3_Y

Join the Addison County Select Board VT via ZOOM September 1st at 7 p.m.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89937561848#success

Addison Select Board
Jeff Kauffman, Peter Briggs, Robert Hunt, Steve Torrey, Roger Waterman