Thu, 02/25/2021 - 3:20pm meganj
By:
John Flowers
This idea that (Ripton Elementary School) is worth ‘saving’ at any cost is elitist. When our taxes go up, how will our low-income neighbors afford to live here? Ripton residents Heather and Joe Durante
RIPTON You’ll forgive Ripton residents this year for being more preoccupied by their neighbors’ town meeting results than their own.
That’s because residents in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge on March 2 will decide whether to endorse Ripton’s bid to withdraw from the Addison Central School District. Ripton residents in an effort to preserve their local school, which has been targeted for closure due to low enrollment voted 163-107 on Jan. 12 to leave the ACSD and become an independent school district.