2006 Adoption Note.
1967 Brookline, Jamaica, Townshend and Wardsboro each voted yes on the articles below.
1968 Wardsboro requested and was granted permission to withdraw from the union.
1969 Windham requested and was granted admission to Union.
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 District of Brookline, Jamaica, Townshend and Wardsboro, upon the following conditions, namely:
(a) TYPE OF SCHOOL. The Union High School District shall operate a high school offering instruction in grades 9 through 12.
(b) REPRESENTATION. Each member district entitled to one representative on the Board of School Directors of the proposed Union School District for each 15 students or major fraction thereof residing in the member district and enrolled in grades 9 through 12 of any public school at public expense on October 15 of the previous school year. Each member district shall have at least one representative on the Union School Board, in any event.
(c) APPORTIONMENT OF EXPENSES. The expenses incurred by the Union High School District shall be divided among the several member districts in the same proportion which the students enrollment from each district bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.