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Students tell Senate Education Committee consolidation would cut chances for participation, complicate transportation
Summary
Students at White River Valley High School urged the Vermont Senate Education Committee that school consolidation or closures would reduce extracurricular opportunities, lengthen commutes and weaken town life, citing very small AP class sizes, limited bus routes and the loss of a failed bond-funded performing arts center.
Royalton, Vt. — Students at White River Valley High School told members of the Vermont Senate Education Committee during a site visit that proposals to consolidate local schools into larger regional campuses would reduce student access to sports, arts and hands-on learning and make travel to school and after-school activities much harder for families.
"You're gonna be picking and choosing the best of the best for your sports teams," said Aubrey McKenzie, a senior at White River Valley High School, describing how a hypothetical 800-student consolidated school could impose cuts that small schools currently avoid. Several students described current local practice in which nearly every student who tries out can play, and said…
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