Ballots are available for school bond vote; Q&A sessions start Thursday
October 6, 2021 | By Lisa ScagliottiEditor’s Note: This story was updated Oct. 8, 2021
Ballots for the Nov. 2 school bond vote are available now at town clerks’ offices and three more pre-election Q&A sessions are scheduled for the public to get more information about the bond proposal.
The Harwood Unified Union School District has scheduled a special election for voters in the six member communities – Waterbury, Duxbury, Moretown, Fayston, Waitsfield and Warren – to vote on the biggest infrastructure investment in the district’s history. The proposed $59.5 million bond would fund renovations to the 56-year-old Harwood Union High School and an expansion at Crossett Brook Middle School to consolidate all seventh- and eighth-grade classes there.
Voting will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 2, at town offices in all of the communities except Waitsfield where voting will be done at Waitsfield Elementary School. See the warning for the Nov. 2 vote with a list of all of the polling places here.
Voters may request absentee ballots now to vote early by emailing or calling their town clerk who can mail them a ballot. In Waterbury, call Lawrence at 244-8447 or email clawrence@waterburyvt.com. In Duxbury, call Town Clerk Maureen Harvey at 244-6660 or email to DuxTC@myfairpoint.net. In Moretown, contact Town Clerk Cherilyn Brown at townclerk@moretownvt.net or 882-8218. Reach Warren Town Clerk Reta Goss at 496-5224 or clerk@warrenvt.org; Warren Town Clerk Patti Lewis is at 496-2454 ext. 1 or faystontc@madriver.com; reach Waitsfield Town Clerk Jennifer Peterson at 496-2218 ext. 3 or WaitsfieldClerk@gmavt.net.
Voters also may cast a ballot at their town offices in person during regular office hours through Nov. 2.
The school district has updated its website to put background information about the bond proposal in one section. Just added is a 10-minute video detailing the work that would be funded by the proposed bond. The website has background that went into the project creation. Also included there are details on upcoming Question & Answer sessions scheduled for the evenings of Oct. 14, 18 and 27. All will be recorded and available to watch online afterward.
The first Q&A session was held this past week on Oct. 7 and can be viewed on the district’s YouTube channel.