New Supervisory Union update

For immediate release

Contact: Alison DesLauriers, 875-3490

New Supervisory Union update

On May 15^th, the Vermont State Board of Education approved a petition presented by the Windsor Southwest and Rutland Windsor Supervisory Boards to dissolve the existing supervisory unions and create a new supervisory union in their place effective July 1, 2013. This action regroups the following school districts into a single (yet unnamed) supervisory union:

Andover School District
Baltimore School District
Black River Union High School District
Cavendish Town School District
Chester Andover Union School District

Chester Town School District
Green Mountain Union High School District
Ludlow School District
Mount Holly School District

Plymouth School District

Based upon earlier voter and Vermont Board of Education action, also effective on July 1, 2013, the member districts of the Flood Brook Union School District and the Union District will be dissolved and operate a school district under articles of agreement as the Mountain Towns Regional Education District which will be grouped with the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union.

Over the course of the next year the affected school boards will have much to do to plan the leadership, location and organizational structure of the new supervisory union. Until that time you may expect to see little change in delivery of services to children and families, as well as, district operations.  

The final report and petition to the state board as well as all planning documents and minutes are posted on the RWSU (rwsu.org) and WSWSU homepage (wswsu.org).  New documents will be posted as available.

For now, the board members are taking suggestions for the official name of the new supervisory union.  Please feel free to submit your thoughts to the current superintendents of RWSU and WSWSU at williamsb@rwsu.org or lwaite@wswsu.org respectively.

Sincerely,

Alison DesLauriers, Chester

Bob Herbst, Mount Holly

Co-chairs, New SU Transition Board