Merger, budget approved for school district

 

Vermont Standard

3/5/20
By Neil Allen
Standard Staff

On Tuesday, voters from the member towns of the Windsor Central Modified Unified Union District (WCMUUD) approved the merger of Barnard Academy into the district and the budget.

Article 2 called for Barnard Academy to be merged into the district. The member districts voted 2364 to 549 to approve the measure.

Article 3 addressed the school budget if the merger was approved. The budget is $21,783,948 with $16,896,833 to be raised by taxes. The expected equalized pupil spending is expected to be 2.82 percent higher than the current budget .
The member districts voted 1677 to 1216 to approve the measure.

Article 4 was for the school budget if the merger was not approved, and is therefore null and void as the merger was approved by the voters.

For school board directors, Killington re-elected Jim Haff, Plymouth re-elected Jen Flaster, Pomfret re-elected Patti Kuzmickas, Reading elected Anna Sessa, and Woodstock elected Louis Piconi and Sam DiNatale.