Wed, 05/19/2021 - 7:32pm John McCright
By:
John Flowers
RIPTON The Vermont State Board of Education (SBE) on Wednesday approved, by an 8-0 vote, Ripton’s request to withdraw from the Addison Central School District.
The panel, by an identical vote, also agreed to the Addison Central School District’s request that it remain a school district and not revert to a supervisory union in wake of Ripton’s departure.
The SBE’s decision means Ripton can move forward with re-forming a local school board to take on much of the heavy lifting that will be required for the community to become an independent district, serving its younger kids at Ripton Elementary School while tuitioning its older students to Middlebury Union middle and high schools, among other options.
RIPTON Ripton’s bid to withdraw from the Addison Central School District will again take center stage before the Vermont State Board of Education (SBE) next Wednesday, May 19.
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.