copyright the Chronicle November 29, 2017
by Joseph Gresser
NEWPORT — The North Country Supervisory Union is headed into the home stretch in its effort to persuade the state Agency of Education to allow it to continue to operate as it has, rather than requiring it to consolidate under the terms of Act 46. North Country Superintendent John Castle appeared at a meeting of the Newport City Elementary School board Monday to explain what the supervisory union hopes to achieve.
It was one of his last steps before the four big binders containing information in support of North Country’s request for an alternative governance structure make the drive to the headquarters of the education agency in Montpelier.
The deadline for delivery of the volumes is December 22.
Mr. Castle told members of the elementary school board and the four parents who showed up for the meeting not to expect a decision on the supervisory union’s request until next November.
He gave much of the credit for gathering and collating the material to Liz Butterfield, his executive assistant.
Mr. Castle handed out copies of the report’s table of contents, explaining the materials were arranged to conform with a state regulation put forward to flesh out Act 46.
Act 46 was enacted in 2015 to deal with rising educational costs and declining school enrollments.
The law seeks to do away with town school districts and replace them with larger regional districts governed by a single board.
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