The Taconic & Green Regional School District will be meeting on Monday, March 17th to discuss options for the future alignment of its schools. The meeting will be held in the gymnasium of the Manchester Elementary Middle School from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
This is the next step in T&G’s ongoing work to determine the best school configuration for equitable and quality education for its students as they plan for the future. At this session, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union (BRSU) Superintendent Randi Lowe and architects from TruexCullins will offer a few proposals for the T&G Board to consider.
The public is encouraged to attend the March 17th meeting. Background information on work completed to date, plus a link that allows you to join the meeting remotely, can be found below or at BRSU.org. GNAT-TV will cover the meeting live on Comcast Channel 1084 and its various streaming channels found at GNAT-TV.org. T&G serves nine Northshire communities: Danby, Dorset, Landgrove, Londonderry, Manchester, Mt. Tabor, Peru, Sunderland, and Weston.
“T&G has been exploring the development of a regional middle school and reconfiguration of our entire system for the past two and a half years,” says Lowe. “During that time we have gathered feedback from teachers, staff, parents, demographers, architects, education professionals, and members of the local community. It’s time for the T&G Board to finalize a proposal and allow the public to vote and make the ultimate decision.”
T&G’s work takes place at the same time the Vermont’s Legislature and Governor are considering fundamental reform of the state’s education funding and governance model. At this time, expectations are that any agreement in Montpelier will include school and district consolidation statewide, meaning T&G will probably no longer exist following state level decisions.
“Depending on the final results of this statewide education transformation, this may be the last opportunity we will have as a local community to make decisions for our students,” says Lowe. “We must ask ourselves, what steps can we take now as a community for our kids. How can we best prepare ourselves for the future.”
T&G is one of three school districts in the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union (BRSU) and provides K-8 public education in five schools: Currier Memorial School, Flood Brook School, Manchester Elementary Middle School, Sunderland Elementary, and The Dorset School. T&G students in secondary school (grades 9-12) are provided with school choice.
Links with useful information for the March 17th T&G Meeting follow:
T&G Regional Middle School Study
(Photo above: T&G holds its March 17th meeting on the realignment of its schools in the gymnasium of Manchester Elementary Middle School.)