Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
The Colchester School District board approved a list of five prequalified general contractors who may submit bids for the PPS portion of the facilities bond project; the board will share plans but not internal cost estimates with bidders.
Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
The Colchester School District board approved the second and final reading to renumber and reorganize the district policy manual to improve accessibility; staff said the reorganization does not change policy substance and a parallel numbering will appear on the website temporarily.
Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
Board staff summarized recently passed state legislation—H.454, H.209 and a miscellaneous education bill (H.480)—and said more analysis of H.454’s components will be provided in the fall; the Agency of Education must produce a model cell-phone policy by Jan. 26 for the 2026–27 school year.
Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
The board ratified a two-year contract with the Colchester Education Association, including salary increases of 5.25% in year one and 5.15% in year two, elimination of cash-in-lieu of health insurance, and negotiated working-condition clarifications; the bargaining unit ratified the agreement the previous day.
Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
Administrators updated the board on the Porter’s Point School renovation project: the DRB will review the site plan, a clerk of the works posting is live, bid and selection timeline was detailed, traffic study completed and permitting steps scheduled ahead of the July DRB hearing and August decision window.
Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
The board approved a first reading to reorganize the district’s policy manual, renumber sections, and group policies into clearer thematic categories; administrators plan a second reading with updated numbering and a public transition grid.
Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
The board approved the second and final reading of a new firearms policy (F23) that separates firearms rules from a broader weapons policy, specifies student disciplinary consequences up to a one-year expulsion, and adds legal references; staff policy for adults remains unsettled at state level.
Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
The Colchester School District board approved the second and final reading of Admission of Students policy F17, confirming rules on residency, kindergarten/first-grade eligibility, transfers, tuitioning and senior-year moves.
Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
The Colchester School District board authorized the superintendent to sign and submit consolidated federal program assurances and IDEA grant documents by June 30 after presentations from central office staff outlining allocations, conditions and reporting requirements.
Vermont / School Districts / Colchester School District
Jordan Burke, principal at Malletts Bay School, presented the schools 2023-24 annual report to the Colchester School District Board of Directors on May 20, highlighting updated explicit word-study instruction, a district-aligned math intervention "menu," strong YouthTruth survey results and preschool quality-improvement work under Vermonts STARS program.