I’ve excerpted this from a longer fpf post by a friend of mine: Instead of town school boards made up of our neighbors, larger districts will be run by those who have the time and money to engage in county or region wide elections. In other word, politicians. It has been reported that the 12 towns of Caledonia county will save 17.5 million over 5 years. That works out to average savings of only $300,000 per town per year. Given that the Saint Johnsbury School budget for the coming year is about $30 million and Kingdom East's 2025-26 budget is about $50 million, might these paltry savings not be worth the loss of local control?
I’ve excerpted this from a longer fpf post by a friend of mine: Instead of town school boards made up of our neighbors, larger districts will be run by those who have the time and money to engage in county or region wide elections. In other word, politicians. It has been reported that the 12 towns of Caledonia county will save 17.5 million over 5 years. That works out to average savings of only $300,000 per town per year. Given that the Saint Johnsbury School budget for the coming year is about $30 million and Kingdom East's 2025-26 budget is about $50 million, might these paltry savings not be worth the loss of local control?