A controversial $60 million bond for a new middle school and a slew of other improvements to buildings within the Slate Valley Unified Union School District was rejected by voters on Town Meeting Day, March 3. A proposed $26 million school budget also failed.
Slate Valley towns include Fair Haven, Castleton, Benson, Hubbardton, West Haven and Orwell. Along with the new middle school, the bond would have paid for a new heating system at the high school as well as a new elevator at an elementary school along with a number of other infrastructure improvements.
