BARRE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
BARRE TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT
ACT 46 STUDY COMMITTEE
The charge of the Barre Act 46 Merger Study Committee is to pursue whether it is advisable to form a Phase 2 (RED) Regional Education District
To: The Barre Community
From: The Barre Act 46 Study Committee
The Barre Act 46 Study Committee will hold a Public Forum on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Spaulding High School Chorus Room. This forum will address:
• Overview and progress to date on Act 46 in Barre
• Options for makeup and representation for a single school board under Act 46
• Financial aspects
The committee is interested in sharing this information and getting feedback and input from a variety of stakeholders, including the community, school staff, administration and labor associations, parent teacher organizations, Barre district school boards, the Barre Town Select Board and Barre City Council, the Barre Town and Barre City Democratic and Republican Committees, delegates of the Vermont State House and Senate, the Barre City Chamber of Commerce, and service organizations of the Barre area.
Please feel free to join us on May 19 for the conversation, and encourage your membership and constituents to join us as well.
Act 46 identifies the following goals as central to any decision aimed at consolidating existing school governance structures:
• To provide substantive equity in the quality and variety of educational opportunities statewide.
• To lead students to achieve or exceed the State’s Educational Quality Standards.
• To maximize operational efficiencies through increased flexibility to manage, share, and transfer resources, with the goal of increasing the district-level ratio of students to full-time equivalent staff
• To promote transparency and accountability.
• To achieve these goals at a cost that parents, voters, and taxpayers value.
For more information about Act 46, please see the following links:
• Barre Supervisory Union Act 46 web page:
http://bsuvt.org/joomla/index.php/act-46
• Vermont Agency of Education Act 46 page:
http://education.vermont.gov/laws/2015/act-46
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