Search Results for 'Act 46'
CAES Board meeting for Dec. 14, 2015
The Board of Directors of the Chester-Andover Elementary School will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14 at the library of Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Minutes Approval a. Minutes of Nov. 9, 2015 – Regular Meeting IV. Communications a. Written/Oral […]
TRSU superintendent, assoc. super announce retirements
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Two Rivers Supervisory Union Superintendent Bruce Williams and Associate Superintendent Linda Waite have announced they will retire from their positions effective June 30, 2016. The search for Williams’ replacement will be handled by an outside search firm, while the TRSU Executive Board has recommended dissolving the post of associate superintendent in […]
Letter to the editor: New Green Mountain Party seeks supporters
The Green Mountain Party has formed a state committee and is looking to open town caucuses to be a minor political party in Vermont. Your one vote does a lot and sometimes we as citizens need to do more. Many in Vermont are frustrated with our non-responsive, self-serving Montpelier government. We are frustrated with likes of Monsanto trying […]
School merger study committee begins work
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Sitting on small chairs in the Chester-/Andover Elementary School Library last week a group took up the task of studying merger options as required by Vermont’s new school consolidation law. Under Act 46, the state is encouraging school districts throughout Vermont to look at and adopt consolidation […]
School Merger Study committee meeting agenda for Nov. 18
The committee charged with studying school consolidation under Act 46 will meet in the Chester Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St., at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. The agenda is below. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call b. Approval of Agenda II. Approval of Minutes – a. Approve Oct. 28, 2015 minutes III. Old […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for Thursday, Nov. 12
The Board of Directors of Green Mountain Union High School will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Library Learning Commons of the school, 716 VT-103. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of Oct. 8, 2015 – Regular […]
Andover Town School Board of Directors meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 21
The Andover Town School Board of Directors will meet at Andover Town Office, 953 Weston Andover Road, at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Participation of Act 46 Merger Study Committee IV. Appointment of Andover Town School Board Representative to the Act 46 […]
CAES Board of Directors meeting for Monday, Oct. 12, 2015
The Chester-Andover Elementary School will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct 12 at the school library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda Action III. Minutes Approval: Minutes of Sept. 14, 2015 – Regular Meeting IV. Farm to School Presentation V. Communications a. Written/Oral b. […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015
The Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Union High School will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 in the Library Learning Commons at the school, 716 Route 103 S. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of […]
Educators, legislators address school funding, consolidation
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC About 120 people attended state Rep. Oliver Olsen’s Legislative Forum on education funding and school consolidation (Act 46) on Monday at Flood Brook School in Londonderry. While Olsen gave a nuts and bolts presentation to explain how the school funding system currently works, it became clear that […]
CAES Board meeting for Monday, Sept. 14, 2015
The meeting of the Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 at the CAES Library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Minutes Approval a. Minutes of Aug. 10, 2015 – Regular Meeting IV. Communications a. […]
Public legislative forum to address property tax and ed reform
On Monday, Sept. 14 at 6:30 p.m., state Rep. Oliver Olsen, an Independent from Londonderry, will host a legislative forum on property tax and education reform at Flood Brook School featuring House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown) and state Rep. Dave Sharpe (D-Bristol), chairman of the House Education Committee. Flood Brook School is located at 91 […]
GMUHS Board of Directors agenda for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 at GMUHS’s Library Learning Commons. GMUHS is located at 716 Route 103 South. Below is its agenda. Call to Order a. Roll Call Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of June 11, 2015 – Regular Meeting […]
Two Rivers Supervisory Union panel meets Thursday, Sept. 3
The executive committee of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3 in the Art Room at Cavendish Town Elementary School, just off of Route 131 in Proctorsville. Below is its agenda: I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes […]
GM board member complains of improper executive session Telegraph request for public docs only partially fulfilled
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Thursday, June 19, when we last spent an evening with the board of the Green Mountain Unified School District, the agenda contained an item to “cure” a violation of the Vermont Open Meeting Law relating to an executive session at a previous meeting. Also on the […]
Community croquet at St. Luke’s in Chester
As part of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s healthy living initiative, croquet games will be held on its lawn behind the church at 313 Main St. in Chester, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday evenings through Aug. 28. Cornhole and badminton will also be available. All outdoor activities are offered to adults and to children […]
Henry Homeyer: How to make your July bloom
By Henry Homeyer ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC July is a great month for blossoms – but only if you have planned for that to happen. Many gardeners go to their local nurseries in May and June, selecting plants in full bloom. But when July comes along, those gardeners are tired or hot or at the […]
Anne Hyde Degan, 71, of Weston
Anne Middleton Hyde Degan of Weston died peacefully on Wednesday, May 28 after a long and courageous battle against a debilitating lung disease. She was surrounded by her loving family. Anne was born on Sept. 8, 1953 in Springfield. She was the daughter of the late Henry Cheves and Ellen Leigh Martin Hyde. During her […]
New Community Service Club for Chester teens
Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester, encourages teens to join its new Community Service Club. Its mission is to promote and grow library services for teens and others by: Planning and running teen events at the library; Recommending books, movies, music, manga and magazines for the library; Promoting library events and services within the […]
GMUSD board gets PCB update, continues internal wrangling
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC A few years ago, state sponsored testing found that chemicals known as PCBs are present at the Green Mountain High School. Last Thursday, Kassandra Kimmey of the state Department of Environmental Conservation gave a presentation on PCBs to the Green Mountain Unified School District Board that outlined […]
