On Town Meeting Day 29 of 93 school budgets were voted down including four in Rutland County and two in Windsor County By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger Voters struck down close to a third of school budgets across Vermont on Tuesday, March 5, […]
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Education spending ticks down as state gets affirmation of what’s driving costs
By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger The latest data from the Vermont Agency of Education shows a small decrease in projected education spending and affirms previously anecdotal evidence on the major factors causing a projected increase in education property taxes. Health care costs, construction, […]
Vermonters rejected nearly one-third of school budgets
On Town Meeting Day 29 of 93 reported budgets were voted down By Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger Voters struck down close to a third of school budgets across Vermont on Tuesday, March 5, the highest proportion in at least a decade, according to […]
Nikki Haley wins Vermont, the first state to spurn Trump in primaries
By Glenn Russell/VTDigger Above: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley spoke in South Burlington on March 3. By Emma Cotton and Paul Heintz/VTDigger Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won her first state in the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday […]
Killington voters approve cannabis by 21 votes
Articles, municipal budget pass, Haff re-elected By Polly Mikula Whether to authorize cannabis retailers to operate in a defined business district on Killington Road passed by the smallest margin, just 21 votes (265 for to 244 against) on Town Meeting […]
Hartland School District pulls school ballot Articles 4 and 5
Follows other area districts in region Submitted Staff report A number of area school districts made a last-minute decision to pull school budget articles from the Town Meeting Day ballot. The Mount Ascutney School Board removed a 2023-24 budget proposal […]
MVSU passes budget, $99m bond fails
Mountain Views Supervisory Union (MVSU) passed its $29,756,674 budget, an 11% increase over last year’s spending; which translated into a 6% in the equalized tax rate. Tallies trickled in throughout the night. As of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, six of the […]
‘A perfect mess’: School construction needs in a chaotic budget year
By Habib Sabet and Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger In fall 2023, the leaders of the Milton Town School District unveiled the design for its new elementary and middle school (pre-K-8) at a cost of $200 million, which gave the community pause, but it was the […]
School districts grapple with last-minute changes to Act 127 and the effect on local tax capacity
Data courtesy state of Vermont, map by VTDigger Map shows how school districts throughout the state have been effected by the new changes in tax capacity as a result of Act 127’s most recent updates in calculations. By Erin Petenko/VTDigger and […]
Woodstock voters to decide on option tax
By Katy Savage Woodstock residents will decide on an $8.02 million budget on Town Meeting Day March 5, of which $6.6 million is to be raised from taxes. The budget is up about 4% from last year and expected to […]