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Former House education chair urges countywide high school consolidation and tax-cliff fixes
Summary
Dave Sharp, former chair of the Vermont House Education Committee, told the committee Feb. 27 that lawmakers should consider creating countywide high school districts centered on career and technical education, tie state construction aid to such consolidations, and fix income "cliffs" in education tax policy.
Dave Sharp, former state representative and former chair of the Vermont House Education Committee, told the Vermont House Education Committee on Feb. 27, 2025, that lawmakers should consider reorganizing high school governance in Addison County so all 9–12 students attend a single, countywide district anchored by the local career and technical center.
Sharp said the proposal would keep community elementary schools while consolidating secondary education to expand access to career and technical education (CTE) and reduce the tension Act 46 created between primary and secondary budgets. "There's no reason why a student couldn't take AP Calc in the morning and auto technology in the afternoon," Sharp said.
The proposal, Sharp said, would expand the existing countywide career-center district to cover grades 9–12 across Addison County, which he argued could allow high schools to merge and to offer both academic and career…
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