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Select Board agrees to sign on to rural education alliance and receive periodic updates
Summary
Board voted to be a signatory to the Vermont Rural Education Collaborative / School Community Alliance to give rural communities a coordinated voice on state education proposals and to invite alliance leaders to present to the school board.
Committee member described the Vermont Rural Education Collaborative (VREC) / School Community Alliance and asked whether the town should be a signatory. The alliance aims to consolidate rural voices in Montpelier in response to proposed state education reorganizations; Committee member noted there is no membership fee but cautioned the alliance might at times request voluntary funding for lobby/testimony efforts.
After discussion about whether school-district funds should be used for political advocacy, members agreed the board could sign on as a municipal signatory, receive updates, and request alliance representatives to brief the school board and community. The board agreed to join the alliance and to ask its representative to attend a school-board meeting to answer questions.
