by Guy Page
The known total of Vermont school districts and supervisory unions that rejected proposed school budgets at Town Meeting now numbers 31.
The Washington Central Unified School District (Berlin, Middlesex, Worcester, Calais, and East Montpelier) announced Wednesday night that its budget had failed. The Vermont Superintendent’s Association yesterday afternoon provided to VDC a then-comprehensive list of 29 failed budgets.
Meanwhile, the South Burlington schoolboard immediately went to work preparing a new, smaller budget for voters to consider. The new budget will reduce projected property taxes from 22.5% to 14.5% by drawing on a surplus fund and cutting some curriculum and co-curricular activities, the superintendent said per a WCAX report.
Officials in the Burlington and Winooski school districts say that Act 127, the ‘pupil weighting’ formula that benefits school districts with many pupils from lower-income families, provided much-needed state funding, thus easing the passage of their budgets. It remains to be seen if the Legislature adjusts the formula in ways that reduce this funding.
Many of Vermont’s school districts have yet to vote on the 2025 budget.
| Alburgh | No | Grand Isle SU | |
| Fairfax | No | Franklin West SU | |
| Georgia | No | Franklin West SU | |
| Holland | No | North Country SU | |
| Milton | No | Milton SD | |
| Northfield | No | Central Vermont SU | |
| Rutland Town | No | Greater Rutland County SU | |
| St. Johnsbury | No | St. Johnsbury SD | |
| South Burlington | No | South Burlington SD | |
| South Hero | No | Grand Isle SU | |
| Springfield | No | Springfield SD | |
| Barstow UUSD | No | Rutland Northeast SU | |
| Otter Valley UUSD | No | Rutland Northeast SU | |
| Addison Northwest USD | No | Addison Northwest SD | |
| Champlain Valley USD | No | Champlain Valley SD | |
| Lamoille North MUSD A | No | Lamoille North SU | |
| Harwood UUSD | No | Harwood UUSD | |
| Mt. Abraham USD | No | Mt. Abraham USD | |
| Kingdom East USD | No | Kingdom East SD | |
| Paine Mountain School District | No | Central Vermont SU | |
| Montpelier Roxbury School District | No | Montpelier Roxbury SD | |
| Green Mountain USD | No | Two Rivers SU | |
| Ludlow – Mt. Holly UUSD | No | Two Rivers SU | |
| Champlain Islands UUSD | No | Grand Isle SU | |
| Slate Valley UUSD | No | Slate Valley UUSD | |
| Enosburgh-Richford UUSD | No | Franklin Northeast SU | |
| Missisquoi Valley School Distrist | No | Missisquoi Valley SD | |
| Elmore-Morristown UUSD | No | Lamoille South SU | |
| Barre UUSD | No | Barre UUSD | |
| Northern Mountain Valley UUSD | No | Franklin Northeast SU | |
| Washington Central Unified School District | No | (Berlin, Middlesex, Calais, East Montpelier, Worcester) |
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Categories: Education
Unfortunately the people of Burlington blindly vote yes for anything.
The college students ( thanks to Bernie) are allowed to vote in city elections. And THAT is why they vote in every detrimental item they can.
I believe there are 98 school districts in Vermont. Correct ? So it’s at one third.
So far. Blue Mountain hasn’t even had their informational meeting and vote for their proposed $10.4M (for ~415 students). It is scheduled for April 8 & 9.
Residents of these towns which are losing money due to changes in the law should target their legislators who voted for it.
Do you think Montpelier is getting the message?
Nope. Not at all.
Have to laugh at Montpelier school budget going down. Didn’t they just recently allow nonresidents to vote? How did that work out in granola town?
Congrats to wcuusd for voting no but they’ve should’ve been doing that for the past 10 years
and this is why some of these towns want to allow (a) non-resident students to vote (b) Illegal immigrants to vote (c) Teenagers (16-17) to vote. They need this so called “constituency” to disenfranchise the votes of those citizens that actually pay property tax.
Note:
Hello Fairlee Voters,
“…..quick things to know about your taxes and the Rivenedell
budget.”
The RISD budget is indeed net-zero – in fact a bit better than net-zero
for Vershire, Fairlee and West Fairlee. Education Spending (Expenditures
less Revenues) for the 3 VT towns combined will decrease 2.5% from
$8,530,036 to $8,313,283.
This runs in stark contrast to the overall picture in Vermont where
spending is up 14%.”
There are so many Vermonter’s who have difficulty paying property / school tax prior to the ridiculous increase. This tax, for some makes the difference between continuing to live in their home and selling. No tax should be so harsh. Then Vermonter’s planning on the other tax set to disrupt so many on the fuel they use to heat their home. As many burn oil, kerosene, propane, natural gas to heat their home. These same people can’t afford the alternative to change furnaces that don’t burn fossil fuels. It use to be the plan of state government to balance the budget based on real needs. But every committee has their own pet project that cost Vermonter’s more money. When Vermont job pay raises for most are less than 3%, how can any intelligent legislator think a 25% increase on top of a failed Bidenomics of the last three years. The answer —> remove all of them who can’t find their way past the ability to balance the budget without putting many out in the streets. Vote them out, it’s time !
see rand pauls statement on the federal government printing of more money by the federal reserve/// the devalue of the dollar///some federal funds are not to be given to the states for pet projects// the state is suppose to fund these projects///