V4SC Press Release Regrading AOE change in stance on AGS

October 1, 2018

We moved to Vermont for the schools

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Alternative structure applications deserve a fair hearing

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Local votes on Act 46 unheeded

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Rule #1: Don’t be vicious

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Declare victory and go home

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Schools Hope to Avoid Mergers

August 16, 2018

Act 46 skeptics release report on forced mergers

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State board open-minded as Act 46 critics seek relief

August 15, 2018

Newark State Board of Education Meeting

July 24, 2018

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One of the primary reasons we relocated to Vermont was to have our daughter attend a small local school where they knew her name and personally knew a...

We moved to Vermont for the schools

September 27, 2018

NEWARK, Vt. — During a State Board of Education meeting in Newark last Wednesday, schoolboards and community members from Montgomery and Sheldon prote...

Communities Protest Forced Merger

July 24, 2018

On June 1, 2018, the Vermont Secretary of Education Issued a statewide plan in which she responded to 83 individual school districts who applied in 43...

V4SC Press Release Regrading AOE change in stance on AGS

October 1, 2018

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Our education tax problem in one graph

February 11, 2015

VTDigger Commentary | Scott Thompson | February 10, 2015
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We have an education tax problem distinct from school spending. Contrary to what many believe, we cannot solve it by cutting school spending. Vermont has developed beyond the point where taxing property to pay for education can be rational, fair, or prudent. Personal income appears the best alternative tax base. […]