Windham Elementary School has been closed since 2023, when financial, staffing and legal troubles led the Town to shutter the school and tuition children to nearby Townsend. Town Meeting voters in 2024 opted to sell the asbestos-ridden building to the Town for $1 for possible use as a community center. According to the Commons, the community newspaper for Windham County, school voters will be asked to approve a two percent funding increase.
The bulk of the $950,000 would be spent on the police department to address the lingering asbestos and black mold issue
Vershire officials postponed town meeting to Saturday, April 11 after the town failed to comply with state law that requires town reports to be distributed to the voters of the town at least 10 days before town meeting.
Paper ballots make voting easier but take away the ability to “change each other’s minds,” expert says.
The Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation (VCPL) announced it will hold a post-election press conference March 4 at the steps of the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier to highlight the results of its “Apartheid-Free Community” campaigns across the state.
The eponymous county seat of politically blue Bennington County last November voted just as enthusiastically against Pres. Trump and for Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Becca Balint as the rest of the state.
Districts confirmed as having failed their initial votes for 2025 are Alburgh, Fairfax, Georgia, Ludlow-Mount Holly, Paine Mountain, Slate Valley, Springfield, Stamford, and Wolcott.
A controversial resolution condemning Israel as an “apartheid” state passed in Thetford, Newfane, Brattleboro, and Winooski – but not in two small cities.
The city also will decide on a $26.7 million municipal budget and borrowing $4.8 million for improvements.
The state’s capitol city is among seven communities voting on a resolution condemning the State of Israel as a so-called “apartheid” state.
School districts and supervisory unions across Vermont said no to school budgets at Town Meeting.
School budgets, Nikki-Donald, and the Burlington mayoral race are the headliners of the tumultuous Town Meeting of ’24. But there was plenty of other big news.
First the governor says he probably won’t vote for his local school budget tomorrow. Now the Chairman of the House Education Committee says he’s not sure how he’ll vote either.
