Proposal calls for five school regions for state

by Joseph Gresser

The Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) is looking for a new superintendent.  Whoever is selected to take over from retiring Superintendent Penny Chamberlin might be smart to rent a place to live.  If the education plan put forward by Governor Phil Scott goes into effect as proposed, that job will be gone by the start of the 2026-2027 school year.

OCSU, along with Vermont’s other 51 supervisory unions, and 119 school districts, will be only memories.  In their place will be five regional supervisory unions — part of a plan the Agency of Education says will provide better educational outcomes at a lower cost that the present model.

What Governor Scott is proposing is a total revamp of the current education system, including a new way of paying for education that is supposed to provide a clearer link between education spending and tax rates.

The Scott administration hopes to have …

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