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Vermont School Governance Initiatives

Vermont School Governance Initiatives. Presented By: Vermont School Boards Association. School Leaders Have Heard The Message…. Maintain and improve school quality Contain costs and operate more effectively Streamline operations Examine governance structure. Governance Study Drivers.

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Vermont School Governance Initiatives

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  1. Vermont School GovernanceInitiatives Presented By: Vermont School Boards Association

  2. School Leaders Have Heard The Message… • Maintain and improve school quality • Contain costs and operate more effectively • Streamline operations • Examine governance structure

  3. Governance Study Drivers • Emphasis on Student Achievement • Declining Enrollment • Increasing Cost Per Pupil • Impact of Common Level of Appraisal

  4. VSBA Governance Initiative Can the school board governance structure be made more efficient and effective? How does our current governance structure support the goal of improving student learning?

  5. Governance StudyFocus Statement Examining the education structure to improve learning opportunities, contain education costs and increase efficiencies throughout the supervisory union.

  6. What’s Currently Happening in School Districts • Developing more effective school governance structures • Creating joint contract districts • Union school consolidation • Closing school and tuitioning out/in

  7. Supervisory Unions Moving Governance Changes Forward • Addison Northwest • Southwest Vermont • Rutland South • Chittenden Central/Essex Town • Windsor Central • Orange North

  8. Supervisory Unions Moving Governance Changes Forward • Rutland Central • Winooski • Washington Central and Montpelier • Bennington-Rutland

  9. Districts Researching or Moving Toward New Governance Options • Improving Quality/Reducing Costs: • Underhill, Underhill ID and Jericho • Bethel & South Royalton

  10. Districts Researching or Moving Toward New Governance Options • Improving Quality/Reducing Costs: • Whitingham & Wilmington • Granville & Hancock • Brookline & Townshend

  11. Prior Supervisory Union, Union School, or District Governance Changes • Barre Supervisory Union (Barre City & Barre Town) • Metawee Valley Union Elementary (Rupert & Pawlett) • Rivendell Interstate School District (Fairlee, W. Fairlee, Vershire & Lyme, NH)

  12. Prior Supervisory Union, Union School, or District Governance Changes • U-45 Waterbury-Duxbury Union Elem. • Kirby & Belvidere (closed school and tuition out) • Regional Technical Academy

  13. Vermont School Boards Association VSBA Governance Studies OtherGovernance Initiatives

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