EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont education officials are one step closer to merging schools in the Washington Central Supervisory Union.
The Times Argus reports the state Board of Education said Wednesday the supervisory union’s different debt levels in each of its five towns wouldn’t affect a proposed merger. Officials are considering merging elementary school districts in Berlin, Calais East, Montpelier, Middlesex and Worcester. The towns currently share a middle and high school district.
State officials are required to consider “greatly differing debt” when arranging district mergers. School representatives had hoped the provision would stop the planned merger.
Peter Peltz says that the U-32 high school has succeeded under the merger and that model could help area elementary schools.
Board officials say savings from the merger could help reduce debts for districts.
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Information from: The Times Argus, http://www.timesargus.com/
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