2006 Adoption Note.
1966 Andover and Chester each voted to accept the articles of agreement below.
1968 Andover and Chester voted to reduce the number of grades in the union district from 1-8 to 1-6.
ARTICLE I
Shall the Town School District join in the formation of a Union Elementary School District, as provided by law, to consist of the Town School Districts of Andover and Chester, subject to the following agreements as to the operation of such Union District.
(a) Type of elementary school. The Union Elementary School District shall operate as an elementary school having courses in grades one through eight.
(b) Location. The Union Elementary School, grades one through six, shall be located on the nine acre Chester Elementary School site on Main Street in Chester, Vermont.
(c) Board of School Directors. The Board of School Directors of the Union Elementary School District shall consist of one member from the Town of Andover and four members from the Town of Chester.
(d) Transportation. The elementary 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 Elementary 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 one through six.
(f) Apportionment of Operating Expenses. The net operating cost of the Union Elementary School District, including operation and maintenance costs, after deduction of tuition receipts, State Aid, and other income, shall be pro rated among the member districts in the same proportion which the student enrollment, as above defined, bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.
(g) Apportionment of Bonded Indebtedness. Andover's annual share of the bonded indebtedness, including the present Chester Elementary School Bond and Bonding for the Proposed Addition, shall be 10% from the date of the acceptance of this agreement to the final payment on the Bond for the Proposed Addition to the Chester Elementary School.