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.
Part 2: HUUSD Budget Community Survey Results
This is the second of two parts reporting on the community survey by Waterbury Roundabout and The Valley Reporter regarding the proposed 2024-25 Harwood Unified Union School District budget that failed to win voter approval on Town Meeting Day.
Part 1: In newspaper survey, voters sound off on failed school budget
Local newspapers asked and the community answered with specific, detailed comments about how and why they voted as they did on the Harwood school budget on the Town Meeting Day ballot.
Board considers budget revisions, calls for new Waterbury members
Following a stinging defeat of the proposed 2024-25 school budget, the Harwood Unified Union School District School Board has so far met twice since the March 5 vote. Discussion has begun on how to revise the budget with the goal of earning voters' approval at the ballot box this spring. The board also hopes to recruit two new Waterbury members.
Harwood school board regroups to rework FY25 budget
Faced with a resounding rejection of the proposed 2024-25 school budget at the ballot box last week, the Harwood Unified Union School District School Board met late last week ahead of schedule to reorganize and begin discussing next steps to bring a new budget to voters later this spring.
Career center budget comfortably approved in 18-town vote
The Central Vermont Career Center School District got the collective nod it needed from voters in 18 towns — most of them members of other districts where school budgets didn’t fare as well this week.
Newspapers launch community survey for feedback on budget vote
Waterbury Roundabout and The Valley Reporter are collaborating on this voter survey as a follow up to the defeat of the Harwood Unified Union School District's proposed $50.8 million budget on Town Meeting Day.
Voters reject $50.8 million Harwood budget, support maintenance funding
Voters in the Harwood Unified Union School District voted Tuesday to send school leaders back to the drawing board on a school budget for 2024-25, but they also told them to stick with investing in school building maintenance.
School board: Leaders bid farewell, 2024-25 calendar set, and more
Harwood’s calendar for the 2024-25 school year has just been set and it includes a schedule juggle in November that gives students Election Day off.
One school budget – three weeks – three price tags
Harwood’s proposed $50.8 million budget for the 2024-25 school year in the past three weeks has had three different estimated price tags for taxpayers – without the budget changing a penny.
School district, support staff union reach tentative contract agreement
The Harwood Unified Union School District administration and representatives of the school district’s support staff association have reached a tentative agreement in their labor negotiations for a new contract replacing the one that ended last June.
School board on budget: ‘Let the voters decide’
Taxpayers in the Harwood Unified Union School District could expect to see the school portion of their property tax bills go up by 30% to 40% later this year if they approve the $50.8 million school budget on the Town Meeting Day ballot.