CESU Update on Voluntary Merger Plans September 2013 #cesuvt #vted

In the Spring of 2013, Chittenden East Supervisory Union’s member school boards voted to move forward with the statutory steps required to establish a Voluntary Merger Planning Committee (VMPC) and to begin studying the viability of one unified Prek-12 school district.  The merger option the VMPC will be focusing on is a Modified Unified Union School District (MUUSD).  MUUSD’s are a school district merger option in Act 156.  

Currently, town school boards (i.e. Bolton, Richmond, Huntington, Jericho, Underhill Town and Underhill I.D.) are determining a budget for the VMPC, appointing committee members and establishing the representation of the VMPC.

The following links provide an overview of the voluntary school district merger process, the CESU Phase I Governance Study completed in 2010 and a description of Modified Unified Union School Districts:

• School District Merger Statutory Steps/Process (From: Title 16, Section 706)
• Chittenden East Supervisory Union Phase I Governance Study
• Modified Unified Union School District Description

Please follow the CESU webpage at http://www.cesu.k12.vt.us/ for updates and information.