Harwood preps for 3rd budget vote as finance committee starts to look ahead
Early voting is open and the public informational meeting ahead of the third vote for Harwood’s 2024-25 school budget will be held Monday, May 20. Meanwhile the school board’s new finance committee has started to meet.
Save the date: May 30 is Harwood’s third budget vote
The Harwood Unified Union School Board has chosen a new, lower 2024-25 budget proposal under $48 million that relies on staff layoffs and cutting elementary foreign language instruction, and it has set May 30 for the next special election.
Harwood students to share Rwanda experience at Zenbarn
Harwood students who traveled to Rwanda over winter break have created video projects about their trip, featuring interviews with Rwandan locals and students which they will present to the public on May 13.
Harwood leaders to rework budget for third vote; conflict claim raised
Leaders in the Harwood school district hope the third time is the charm for voters to back a budget for the 2024-25 school year. The school board meets tonight to discuss the third budget proposal it will put to voters. It also will review its conflict of interest policy in light of a claim focusing on a school board member.
Harwood voters reject second school budget
By a vote of 1,731 to 1,565, voters on Tuesday told Harwood Unified Union School District leaders to go back to the drawing board to draft yet another budget proposal to run schools for the 2024-25 school year.
Harwood’s second school budget vote is Tuesday
On Tuesday, voters in the six communities of the Harwood Unified Union School District will head to the polls to consider a new budget of $48.8 million to run schools for the 2024-25 school year. The second vote is needed after voters on Town Meeting Day overwhelmingly rejected the first budget of $50.8 million.
School board fields questions as April 30 budget vote approaches
With the second vote on a revised 2024-25 budget proposal less than two weeks away, the Harwood school board last week rolled out messages to the community and held a two-hour informational meeting to answer questions from local residents. The vote on a $48.8 million budget happens April 30. There is one more chance to hear a presentation and ask questions this Thursday, April 25.
Joint PTO raffle raises $27k and awards a firetruck ride to school
Last Tuesday morning, Brookside Primary School first grader Liam Lande, skipped hopping on the school bus for an extra-special lift to school.
Music-COMP Opus concert set for April 30 at St. Mike’s College
What’s become an annual springtime musical debut event for many young Vermont musicians -- including Harwood school district students -- will take place soon after April school break.
Did someone say prizes? Fayston school’s PTO fundraiser is on
The Fayston Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization has launched its second annual Every Day in May for FAYston raffle with tickets on sale now.
School board adds Waterbury members, preps for second budget vote
The Harwood Unified Union School Board appointed three new members last week to fill vacancies representing Waterbury as the board prepares for a second vote on a proposed budget for the 2024-25 school year.
New rules expand program for child care financial aid
New state rules will allow more Vermont families to qualify for financial assistance to help pay for regulated child care, preschool, and afterschool care, according to the state Department for Children and Families.
‘Addams Family’ takes the stage
Harwood Union High School presents its spring musical, “The Addams Family,” April 4-6.
Harwood sets second budget vote for April 30
Voters in the Harwood Unified Union School District will vote on April 30 on a revised budget proposal of $48.8 million for the 2024-25 school year.
Town officials recommend school board candidates as district looks to schedule budget revote
It’s not often that the Waterbury Select Board holds a discussion about local schools, but Monday’s meeting had a rare item of business for town officials to address – interviewing and recommending candidates to fill three school board positions.
April 2 UPDATE: All Harwood district buses resume normal routes
New on Friday, March 15: Starting Monday, March 18, buses serving Waterbury, Fayston, Moretown and Waitsfield will resume their normal routes. Buses on routes in Warren and Duxbury remain on modified routes listed here until further notice.
Harwood board eyes revised budget with nearly $2 million in cuts
The Harwood Unified Union School District School Board is aiming for April 30 to vote on a revised budget proposal that’s nearly $2 million less than the budget voters rejected on Town Meeting Day.
Closing a local school is not that simple
In the recent online survey by The Valley Reporter/Waterbury Roundabout, 73 of the 315 responses commenting about the failed school budget on March 5 mentioned the possibility of closing Fayston Elementary School and at least 17 other responses mentioned closing district schools in general.
Gov. Scott picks Florida schools administrator as new Vermont education secretary
Gov. Phil Scott on Friday named Zoie Saunders, a Florida schools administrator and former Charter Schools USA executive, to be the next secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education, a year after the state’s last permanent education leader announced his resignation.
Taking a head coaching job, school board member resigns, opening another Waterbury seat
The transitions continue with Waterbury’s representation on the Harwood Unified Union School District School Board as board member Jake Pitman on Friday announced he would be stepping down in order to take the Harwood track and field team’s head coaching position.