2006 Adoption Note.
1964 Duxbury, Waitsfield, Warren and Waterbury voted yes on the articles below.
1964 Moretown and Fayston requested and were granted permission to join the Union District.
Article I. Shall the town school district join in the formation of a union high school district, as provided by law, to consist of the town school districts of Waterbury, Waitsfield, Warren and Duxbury, subject to the following agreements as to the operation of such union school district:
(a) Type of High School. The union high school district shall operate as a high school having courses in grades seven through twelve.
(b) Location. The union high school shall be located on or as close as possible to the Badore farm site on Route 100 in South Duxbury.
(c) Board of School Directors. The board of school directors of the union high school district shall consist of one member from each member district for each 100 students or major fraction thereof, calculated as in subsection (e) below; but each member district shall have at least one member on the union high school board of school directors in any event.
(d) Transportation. The high school students will be transported from each member district and the cost of such transportation will be treated as a part of the operating expense of the union high school district.
(e) Student Enrollment. Student enrollment shall only include all students residing in a member district and enrolled on October 15 of any school year in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in a public school, except that students attending the 7th and 8th grades in those member districts which before joining the union have voted not to send their 7th and 8th grade students to said union high school district shall not be included.
(f) Apportionment of Expense. The net operating costs of the union high school district, including building, operation and maintenance costs, after deduction of tuition receipts and other income, shall be prorated among the several member districts in the same proportion which the student enrollment, as above defined, bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.