2006 Adoption Note.
1966 Bradford, Corinth, Fairlee, and Newbury each voted to form a Union School District and agreed to articles below.
1968 The Town School District of Corinth and Fairlee requested and were granted permission to withdraw from the Union District.
1. To determine by ballot whether the voters of these towns will vote to join a Union School District, the members of such district to be Bradford, Corinth, Fairlee, and Newbury - said Union High School District to be formed pursuant to the authority granted by Vermont Statutes Annotated, Chapter 11, Title 16 as amended thereof, and operated in accordance with the provisions of said statutes except as modified by the following agreements entered into by the districts which become members of such Union School District.
A. Said Union School District shall operate a school covering grades 7-12.
B. The Junior-Senior High School, grades 7 through 12, shall be located in a new building, the site for which shall be recommended by the Union School Board of Directors subject to the approval of the voters.
C. The present school buildings of the Town of Bradford and the school buildings of Newbury School District shall not enter into the contractual arrangements made by member towns of the proposed Union District.
D. Such educational equipment, instructional materials, etc., as deemed necessary by the Union School Board of Directors owned and used by member schools in grades 7-12 may be purchased at a value placed upon them by the Union School Board of Directors. A member town may reserve right to refusal.
E. All expenses of the Union School District, including building, acquisition and construction costs, amortization of indebtedness, maintenance and operation, including transportation, shall be divided among the member districts in the proportion which 7th through 12th grade enrollment as of a date established by the Union Board of Directors in each member district for the previous school year bears to the total number of the 7th through 12th grade students enrolled in said year from all of the town school districts that are members of the Union School District.
F. Student enrollment shall include all students residing in member districts and attending a public school in grades 7-12 and they shall be the base on which the expense to the member towns is computed. Students in grades 11-12 residing within the member districts, but attending schools outside the District, shall be allowed to continue to the natural completion of their course of instruction with their whole tuition being paid by the Union District.
G. The Board of Directors of the Union School District shall consist of three directors from each member District as such member District is constituted at the time the Union District is organized.
H. Tuition students may be permitted to attend the Union Junior-Senior High School. All tuition students normally shall enter Grade 7. Exceptions shall be regulated by the Union Board.
I. Tuition cost shall be the calculated net cost per pupil which member towns pay exclusive of transportation and other costs as specified in 16 V.S.A. § 793, as amended.
J. It is to be understood at the outset that neighboring towns wishing at some future date to join this Union shall do so on a 7 through 12 basis. This is in the interest of educational continuity, scheduling efficiency and control of educational costs. Additional member districts shall have representation on the Union District Board. This representation shall be one per each 100 pupils or major fraction thereof with a minimum of one from a proposed member town.
K. It is agreed that no vote for a bond issue will be held within one year of the time the Union becomes a body politic.
L. These articles may be amended subject to Title 16 Sub-Chap. 93 Section 693.