Dear neighbors,

The Brewster Pierce school board invites you to come to our elementary school next Tuesday evening (June 23rd, 6:30) for an update on new Vermont legislation regarding school mergers. Now that new requirements and timelines have been established in Act 46, the new Education Bill that was signed into law just a few weeks ago, we want to give Huntington residents a chance to understand how this affects us. The goals for the meeting will be to explain the new requirements, options and timelines we can consider for our school district, and to engage in thoughtful unbiased Q and A and discussion. Our superintendent, John Alberghini, will be there to explain some of the legal details in the new law. We look forward to sharing what we know and hearing what you think.

Brief background: For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the "merger issue": The 5 towns that make up our supervisory union (Huntington, Richmond, Bolton, Jericho and Underhill) voted in November 2014 to consider merging into one unified school district, with one school board for all the schools and all the towns. Huntington chose to retain its own school board for Brewster Pierce, and retain full ownership of its school building and full responsibility for its own budget and staffing. The other towns merged into what is now the Mt Mansfield Modified Union School District (MMMUSD). The MMMUSD governing board replaces the MMU school board along with the 5 elementary school boards. The 15 member board meets twice a month. Meetings are recorded and information is available at the CESU web site. (CESU is the name of the supervisory union: Chittenden East Supervisory Union).

Oct 22, 2024, 6 to 8 PM

Oct 26, 2024, 11 AM to 8 PM

Oct 26, 2024, 11 AM to 2 PM