FY20 Annual Report

Addison Northwest School District Serving the Communities of: Addison ~ Ferrisburgh ~ Panton ~ Vergennes ~ Waltham

FY 18 Annual Report Card and FY 20 Budget Information

Annual Meeting Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00 PM VUHS Library

ANWSD VISION STATEMENT We envision a kind, collaborative, and creative community for all that nurtures a diverse and accessible learning environment. Students will flourish as critical thinkers and productive citizens, cultivating resilience in an ever changing world.

April 26, 2017 Board adopted

ANWSD SAFE SCHOOLS STATEMENT "The Superintendent and Directors of the Addison Northwest School District wish to reassure the members of our educational community in these uncertain times. We remain committed to maintaining safe and welcoming schools regardless of race, gender, disability, national origin, documentation, religion, sexual orientation, political orientation, or family income. In addition to compliance with federal law, it is also our moral and ethical duty to protect and to provide an equitable education to all of the students who pass through the doors of our schools."

May 31, 2017 Board adopted

In Memory of Peter Quinn

December 8, 2018

It’s impossible to believe that Peter Quinn will never again be patrolling the sidelines with his trademark intensity as coach at VUHS. The loss of Peter Quinn is felt personally by many at VUHS and within the greater Vermont basketball community. There were championships won as head coach with both the girls and the boys, each one special in its own way. With both of his sons on the team, along with many kids he had coached since 3rd grade, it was a highlight of not only his basketball career but of his life in general.

Even though he wore many hats in the community - friend, mentor, coach, counselor - the ones that were most important to him were the personal identities - husband, father, brother, and grandfather.

Although he was fiercely competitive, he would always stress the importance of being a great human being above all else, something he showed through example. As a clinician for CSAC, as in his role as a coach, what Pete was always most proud of was when the young men and women he coached and supported throughout his entire adult life became better people. While Pete will be dearly missed, his influence will live on - not only in the banners in the gym - but in each one of his former students and players who have taken his words and coaching to heart.

Gerry Blair

January 22, 2019

It is with such great sadness that we say goodbye to Gerry Blair, the head custodian at FCS for ten years, who passed away after a brief illness.

His wife, Pam, reported that he read the cards the students sent to him over and over again while in the hospital and they meant so much to him. Mr. Gerry always had a kind word for the students and loved helping them work on projects. He was described by Ken Sullivan, his supervisor, as “The best; irreplaceable and not having a bad bone in his body.” That was always evident in his easy going manner and willingness to help out. He built cabinets and bookshelves for almost every teacher. He also built birdhouses with the students, did painting and woodworking projects with them, and took immense pride in in making sure both the facility and playground were safe and ready for students.

What you may not know about Gerry was that he was also Tolkien Scholar who presented lectures both at FCS and UVM on Tolkien and his works. He also loved gardening and helped out enormously with the compost shed and the FCS gardens in the summer. Writing, flower arranging and singing all day long were some of the other things he loved to do. We will always miss our friend, Gerry.

Table of Contents

Glossary of Acronyms and Terms .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 ANWSD Board of Directors & District Officers .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Message from Board Chair ................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Message from Superintendent of Schools ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 ANWSD District Administration ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6 ANWSD School Leadership .................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 ANWSD Staff Directory ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Departmental Reports ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Office of Learning: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment ............................................................................................................................ 14 Profile of the Community ........................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Student Services and Early Education ............................................................................................................................................................. 18 Technology ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Health & Wellness .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 After School & Summer Services..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Addison Central School.................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Ferrisburgh Central School ..............................................................................................................................................................................24 ANWSD PreSchool ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Vergennes Union Elementary School............................................................................................................................................................. 26 Vergennes Union High School ......................................................................................................................................................................... 27 ANWSD School Nutrition Cooperative ........................................................................................................................................................... 29 ANWSD Facilities Work Completed and In Progress ..................................................................................................................................... 30 Achievements and Spotlights ............................................................................................................................................................................. 34 VUHS Profile & Post Graduate Data ............................................................................................................................................................... 39 2018-19 Teacher Salary Scale & Support Staff Step & Grade Table ................................................................................................................... 41 Enrollments ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Budget Highlights ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Equalized Pupils/Budget Comparison ............................................................................................................................................................ 44 FY 20 Budget Process & Timeline ................................................................................................................................................................... 45 2019-20 Budget Proposed Expenditures ........................................................................................................................................................ 46 2019-20 Budget Proposed Revenue ............................................................................................................................................................... 48 Special Revenue Funds FY 18 .......................................................................................................................................................................... 49 FY 20 Calculations for Proposed Budget ......................................................................................................................................................... 51 Fund Balance Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Act 130 Equalized Homestead Tax Rate Calculation....................................................................................................................................... 53 Three Prior Years Comparisons ...................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Treasurer’s Report ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Audit Management Letter .............................................................................................................................................................................. 56 Minutes from 2018 Annual Meeting ....................................................................................................................................................................59 Warnings 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Glossary of Acronyms and Terms ACS ANWSD AOE FCS RETN VUES VUHS Board of Education CCSS

CLA – Common Level of Appraisal

Collaborative Teaching (Co-Teaching) Debt Service EEE - Essential Early Education EQS – Education Quality Standards Equalized Pupil E-Rate EST – Educational Support Team

Education Spending Threshold

Extracurricular Fiscal Services FY – Fiscal Year IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IEP – Individualized Education Plan

MTSS - Multi-Tier System of Supports

Addison Central School Addison Northwest School District Agency of Education Ferrisburgh Central School Regional Educational Television Network – Channel 16 Vergennes Union Elementary School Vergennes Union High School Activities of the elected body that has been created according to state law and vested with responsibilities for educational activities in a given administrative unit.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (“the standards”) represent the next generation of K–12 standards designed to prepare all students for success in college, career, and life by the time they graduate from high school.

An indicator of the level at which properties in a town are appraised in relation to the actual Fair Market Value. The CLA is used to equalize education taxes statewide with the goal of having properties of equal value pay equal amounts of school taxes. A town’s CLA has no effect on the amount of property taxes owed on the town portion of a property tax bill.

A teaching strategy in which two or more teachers work together, sharing responsibilities to help all students succeed in the classroom.

The amount of funds required to cover the repayment of the interest and principal of a debt (loan, bond, lease, etc.)

Children, ages three through five years old, who qualify for Essential Early Education receive special education and related services, provided by their school district, to meet their individual needs.

The purpose of these rules is to ensure that all students in Vermont public schools are afforded educational opportunities that are substantially equal in quality, and enable them to achieve or exceed the standards approved by the State Board of Education.

Is the weighted value of each student in the District. For every Prekindergarten student we can count them as .46 of a pupil, K-6 counts as 1 and 7-12 count as 1.13.

The universal service Schools and Libraries Program provides discounts of up to 90 percent to help eligible schools and libraries in the United States obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.

Written plan documenting a student’s learning or behavioral challenges and ways teachers can help the student to be successful in classes. This plan is developed by the Educational Support Team based on input from teachers who have worked with the student. Input from other service providers and parents, and test results may also be used in developing an EST Plan.

Under Act 68, a district with an education spending amount per equalized pupil (less approved construction costs and other specific exclusions) greater than the excess spending threshold incurs an additional tax for the amount over the threshold. The threshold amount is calculated annually using statewide data from the prior fiscal year, multiplied by a given percentage. (16 V.S.A. § 4001) Activities that are sponsored by and usually held at school but that are not part of the standard academic curriculum. They typically are scheduled outside of the regular school day.

Activities concerned with the fiscal operations of the school district. Includes budgeting, receiving and disbursing, financial and property accounting, payroll, inventory control, internal auditing, investments and funds management.

The school district operates, budgets and accounts for revenue and expenses on a 12 month fiscal year, which begins July 1st and ends the following June 30th.

A law that guarantees educational rights to all students with disabilities and makes it illegal for school districts to refuse to educate a student based on his or her disability.

A document describing an educational program designed to meet a student’s individual needs. An IEP includes a description of a student’s strengths, challenges, and needs, services that will be provided, accommodations necessary to allow the student to learn, and specific goals based on a student’s needs. Every student who is eligible for special education must have an IEP. A tiered framework, which promotes school improvement through engaging, researchbased academic and behavioral practices. ~1~

Operations and Maintenance

PBGR - Proficiency-Based Graduation Requirements PBIS - Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports PLP – Personalized Learning Plan

PowerSchool Revenue SBAC SLP – Speech-Language Pathologist STEM Support Services Transportation Vocational

Tier 1 = Core classroom instruction Tier 2 = Targeted small group instruction Tier 3 = Intensive individual intervention Activities concerned with keeping the physical plant open, comfortable, and safe for use and with keeping the grounds, buildings and equipment in effective working condition and state of repair. These include the activities of maintaining safety in buildings, on the grounds, and in the vicinity of schools.

A set of content knowledge and skills connected to state standards that, when supplemented with any additional locally-developed requirements, have been determined to qualify a student for earning a high school diploma.

A proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and social culture and needed for all students in a school to achieve social, emotional and academic success.

Establishes individual student goals based on academic and career objectives and personal interests; sequences content and skill development to achieve those goals and ensure that a student can graduate college and career-ready; and is updated based on information about student performance in a variety of learning experiences - including assessments - that indicate progress towards goals.

An innovative, K-12 education technology platform fueling operations, classroom, student growth, and family engagement.

Refers to receipts from all taxes, fees, licenses, and permits as established in current law, and any other sources of income including federal funding.

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium is a standardized test consortium.

A professional who diagnoses and treats communication and swallowing disorders.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Provide administrative, technical (such as guidance and health), and logistical support to facilitate and enhance instruction.

Activities concerned with conveying students to and from school, as provided by state and federal law. These include trips between home and school and trips to school activities.

Education that trains skilled workers for branches of the national economy in vocationaltechnical educational institutions; the aggregate of systematized knowledge and skills that enables an individual to perform work in a given occupation or specialization.

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ANWSD Board of Directors & District Officers BOARD DIRECTOR Sue Rakowski, Chair Tom Borchert, Vice Chair Kristina MacKulin, Clerk Laurie Childers Chris Cousineau George Gardner Laurie Gutowski Mark Koenig George Lawrence Diana Raphael John Stroup Finn Yarbrough

TOWN

TERM Expires

Vergennes Waltham Ferrisburgh Addison Vergennes Ferrisburgh Ferrisburgh Vergennes Addison Panton Vergennes Ferrisburgh

2020 2019 2021 2021 2019 2019 2020 2021 2020 2020 2019 2021

EMAIL srakowski@anwsd.org tborchert@anwsd.org kmackulin@anwsd.org lchilders@anwsd.org ccousineau@anwsd.org ggardner@anwsd.org lgutowski@anwsd.org mkoenig@anwsd.org glawrence@anwsd.org draphael@anwsd.org jstroup@anwsd.org fyarbrough@anwsd.org

Missing from the picture: Chris Cousineau and Finn Yarbrough

DISTRICT OFFICERS Moderator:

Tom Spencer

Clerk:

Rose Wenzel

Treasurer:

Greg Burdick

ANWSD Regular Board Meetings are held on the second and third Monday of each month.

Schedule is posted on the ANWSD website.

Now Available: Live coverage of the Addison Northwest School District School Board Missed A School Board Meeting?

Visit RETN online to watch all regular board meetings at: https://www.retn.org/addison-northwest-school-district or also available on the ANWSD website at: http://www.anwsd.org/school-boards/addison-nw-school-district

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Message from the Board Chair Dear Members of our Five Town Community, We began this school year by welcoming our current Superintendent, Sheila Soule, who has transitioned seamlessly into our District. Sheila is a strong leader who sees challenges as opportunities. If you have not had a chance to meet her, please stop by the Central Office to introduce yourself.

Budget: Addressing educational goals while maintaining affordability proved challenging during this budget season. We faced steeply rising transportation and employee healthcare costs, a decrease in the unification tax incentive, and reduced revenue due to declining student enrollment. This proposed 2019-20 budget is a result of compromise and careful consideration of needs. Please review the information in the following report and reach out with any questions. We hope that you will join us in supporting this budget on March 5, 2019.

Other Board Business: •

Bond funding for energy systems and safety and security upgrades was approved by voters March 2018. School heating systems were updated, solar panels placed on VUHS roof, and security systems installed. The project was largely completed during summer 2018, on time and on budget thanks to the tireless efforts of Ken Sullivan, Director of Buildings, Grounds, and Safety. District energy use has been reduced as a result of this work.

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Water tap lead testing completed November 2018. All of the 40 taps tested throughout our four school buildings demonstrated lead levels significantly below the Vermont Health Advisory Level.

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Improved equity in elementary school arts and sports beginning school year 2018-19.

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Approved three new policies, monitored policy reporting and procedure development, and implemented a policy review schedule to ensure ongoing review of all District policies. District policies and procedures are available on our website.

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Two Community Conversations were held in fall 2018 with additional input solicited through school newsletters, Front Porch Forum, and Facebook. The topic is “How best to maintain a high quality of education and meet the needs of all our students as our student enrollment declines?” Please reach out if you would like to provide input.

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Negotiations for school year 2019-20 have begun with both our teachers and our support staff. The Board remains committed to meeting the educational needs of all our students within a system that is affordable for our community members.

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Financial systems and checks include monthly bill review; comprehensive monthly reporting from Elizabeth Atkins, Business Manager; communication with Greg Burdick, Treasurer; monitoring of financial policies; and attentiveness to audit findings. Food Service and other fund deficits have been retired. The fiscal year 2018 audit is nearly completed and will be available to view on our website.

Looking forward: Board work during the remainder of this school year will entail continued monitoring of District policies, review of District continuous improvement plans, and strategic planning.

We would like to thank you all for your past and continued support for our students and our School District. Please join us at board meetings and community engagement events, and visit our website for links to meeting recordings, agendas, and minutes. You can also read our monthly meeting summaries on Front Porch Forum. We look forward to hearing from you.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the ANWSD Board of Directors, Susan Rakowski, Board Chair ~4~

Message from the Superintendent of Schools I'm proud to share the Addison Northwest School District Annual Report with the Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes, and Waltham families and community members. Our report includes summaries of the various departments and individual schools, as well as a compilation of student performance data, school improvement initiatives, demographics, and budget figures supporting our schools.

I’m so pleased to be part of the Addison Northwest School District. Since beginning my position in July 2018, I have found the community to be extremely welcoming, the Board of School Directors highly engaged, and our staff of teachers and support professionals truly committed to the success of students. I am proud of the many accomplishments that have happened in the first full year of unification, including the near completion of a 7.65 M bond project under the supervision of Director of Buildings, Grounds, and Safety, Ken Sullivan. This project improved the energy efficiency of our buildings and addressed issues of school safety. A more detail account of these accomplishments can be found in the facilities section of this Annual Report.

Our School-based Administrators and Central Office teams continue to work collaboratively across settings to support a variety of educational initiatives including an increased emphasis on writing, positive school culture, and a transition to Proficiency-Based Learning, which promises benefits for students by measuring their ability to apply learning through projects and other more in-depth experiences, and supports their progress toward fulfilling post-secondary aspirations in the 21st Century.

While we have much to be proud of, we also have a lot of work ahead. I continue to ground my work in the aspirations set forth in the ANWSD Vision statement which promotes the success of our students as resilient individuals, critical thinkers, and productive citizens and I believe our organization as a whole must model these outcomes through our service to the communities we serve. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute as your Superintendent.

Respectfully Submitted, Sheila Soule, Superintendent of Schools ~5~

Addison Northwest School District Administration SUPERINTENDENT

Sheila Soule

Glory Martin, Administrative Assistant Susan “Zé” Anderson-Brown, Director of Human Resources

CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Kimberly Audette, Dir. of Learning

Peggy Connor, Administrative Assistant Lynne Rapoport, Health & Wellness Coordinator Robert Owens, Director of Technology

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES & EARLY CHILDHOOD

Kara Griswold, Director

Linda Douville, Administrative Assistant

BUSINESS OFFICE

Elizabeth Atkins, Business Manager

April Vaughan, Fiscal Analyst Carol Andersen, Accounts Payable/Receivable Martha Kenfield, Business Office Assistant Ken Sullivan, Director of Buildings, Grounds & Safety

11 Main Street, Suite B100 Vergennes, VT 05491 Phone: 802-877-3332 Fax: 802-877-3628 www.anwsd.org

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Addison Northwest School District School Leadership Addison Central School

Ferrisburgh Central School

Vergennes Union Elem. School

121 VT Rte 17W Addison, VT 05491

56 Little Chicago Road Ferrisburgh, VT 05456

43 East Street Vergennes, VT 05491

Phone: 802-759-2131 Fax: 802-759-2631 www.anwsd.org/acsw

Phone: 802-877-3463 Fax: 802-877-6377 www.anwsd.org/fcs

Phone: 802-877-3761 Fax: 802-877-1115 www.anwsd.org/vues

Kathleen Kilbourne Principal

Beth Brodie Principal

Matthew DeBlois Principal

Edward Cook Assistant Principal

Jay Stetzel Dir. of School Counseling

Vergennes Union High School 50 Monkton Road Vergennes, VT 05491 Phone: 802-877-2938 Fax: 802-877-2558 www.vuhs.org

Stephanie Taylor Principal

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ANWSD Staff Directory Name

Title

Location

Ackerman, Erin

Library Media Specialist

ACS & FCS

Adreon, Ryan

Paraeducator

VUHS

Adreon, Elizabeth

Special Educator

VUHS

Ambrose, Nancy

Teacher - Mathematics

VUHS

Andersen, Carol

Accounts Payable/Receivable

ANWSD

Anderson, Sarah

School Nutrition Assistant

FCS

Anderson-Brown, Susan (Zé)

Director of Human Resources

ANWSD

Armell, Nancy

Paraeducator - Bus Aide

FCS

Atkins, Elizabeth

Business Manager

ANWSD

Audette, Kimberly

Director of Learning

ANWSD

Babcock, Tifany

Teacher - Elementary

FCS

Barnes, Eleanor

School Nutrition Assistant

VUHS

Bearor, Beth

Teacher - Kindergarten

VUES

Beebe, Sandra

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Beerworth, Julia

Teacher - Social Studies

VUHS

Bennett, Kimberly

Speech Language Pathologist

ANWSD Preschool

Benoit, Ernest

Custodian

VUHS

Berghahn, Kim

Teacher - Elementary

ACS

Bernardini, Ralph

Teacher - Middle School Math/Science

VUHS

Berno, Dawn

Teacher - Elementary

ACS

Bicknell, Sarah

Paraeducator

ACS

Birkett, Katie

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Blair, Gerald

Head Custodian

FCS

Blais, Lorri

School Nutrition Assistant

FCS

Bourgeois, Ashley

Child Care Afterschool Program

FCS

Brileya, Susan

School Counselor

FCS

Brisson, Elizabeth

Special Educator

VUHS

Brodie, Beth

Principal

FCS

Brooks, Joshua

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Brooks, Karen

Paraeducator - General Education

FCS

Brooks, Melissa

Teacher - Educational Tech. Specialist

VUHS

Brooks, Tara

Director of Afterschool & Summer Services

VUES

Brouillard, Mark

Head Custodian

VUHS

Bruso, Wendy

Computer Technology Resource Manager

VUHS

Bryant, Jamie

School Nutrition Assistant

VUHS

Budaj, Leander

Custodian

VUHS

Burlock, Sheila

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Cadoret, Michelle

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Carper, Brynna-Lee

Teacher - PE/Health (2nd semester)

VUHS

Castillo, Bradley

Paraeducator

VUHS ~8~

Name

Title

Location

Castillo, Millie-Jean

Paraeducator

VUES

Chamberlain, Michelle

Paraeducator

VUHS

Ciociola, Kathleen

Child Care Afterschool Program

VUES

Clark, Sandra

Paraeducator

FCS

Clayton, Diana

Teacher - French

VUHS

Cleiland, Karen (Tori)

Special Educator

VUHS

Coffey, Rebecca

Teacher - Social Studies

VUHS

Cogger, Janet

Paraeducator

VUES

Connor, Margaret (Peggy)

Administrative Assistant to Dir. of Learning & Technology

ANWSD

Conway, Sally

Teacher - Elementary

FCS

Cook, Edward

Assistant Principal

VUHS

Cook, Sarah

Teacher - Physical Education

VUHS

Corbett, William

Teacher - Social Studies

VUHS

Cosgrove, Thomas

Custodian

VUHS

Cram, Sharon

Teacher - Elementary

ACS

DeBlois, Matthew

Principal

VUES

Delisle, Jody

Administrative Assistant to Principal

VUES

Delphia, Valerie

Health Assistant

ACS

DeVita, Nicholas

School Psychologist

VUES & VUHS

Douville, Linda

Administrative Assistant to Student Services

ANWSD

Driscoll, Sara

Paraeducator

FCS

Droppa, Emily

School Counselor

VUES

Duncanson, Alysia

Teacher - Math Interventionist

VUHS

Dunne, Susan

Paraeducator

VUHS

Ebel, Rebecca

Special Educator

VUHS

Eckels, Michelle

Paraeducator - General Education

VUES

Ekroos, Beth Ann

Teacher - Kindergarten

VUES

Elson, Judy

Teacher - Elementary

FCS

Fay, Michele

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Fetters, Jennifer

Speech Language Pathologist

VUES

Fetters, Michael

Special Educator

VUHS/ACS

Foley, Amy

Librarian

VUES

Francis, Brent

Teacher - Science

VUHS

Frangipane, Laura

Teacher - Social Studies

VUHS

Gaboriault, Randall

Custodian

VUES

Garrecht, Peter

Special Educator - Middle School

VUHS

Gebo, Lissa

School Nutrition Assistant

VUES

Gero, Brian

Custodian

ACS

Goldstein, Roberta

Special Educator - Middle School

VUHS

Grace, Margo

Teacher - Literacy

FCS

Grant, Gerald

Custodian

VUHS

Grant, W. Scott

IT Support Specialist

ANWSD

Griswold, Kara

Director of Student Services & Early Childhood

ANWSD

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Name

Title

Location

Guinane, Carlie

Teacher - Art

VUHS

Haggett, Melissa

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Hallock, June

Paraeducator

VUHS

Haney, Steven

Special Educator

FCS

Heer, Molly

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Hight, Alexander

Teacher - Physical Education

VUHS

Hodsden, Alexis

Teacher - Elementary General Educator

VUES

Hodsden, Suzanne

Administrative Assistant to Principal

ACS

Huff, Anne

Child Care Afterschool Program

ACS

Hull, Roderick

Teacher - Driver Education

VUHS

Hurlburt, Leah

Paraeducator

VUHS

Hurlburt, Spencer

Child Care Afterschool Program

VUES

Husk, Laura

Special Educator

VUHS

Hutchins, Lynda

Special Educator

ACS

Jerome, Susan

Custodian

VUES

Jochum, Carmen

School Nutrition Co-Manager

VUHS

Jones, Diane

Paraeducator

ANWSD Preschool

Kayhart, Lynn

Teacher - Mathematics

VUHS

Kayhart, Marie

Paraeducator

ACS

Kayhart, Sandra

School Climate Facilitator

VUES

Kenfield, Martha

Assistant to the Business Manager

ANWSD

Kenney, Lydia

Teacher - Elementary

FCS

Kepes, Janet

Teacher - Foreign Language

VUHS

Kilbourne, Kathleen

Interim Principal

ACS

Kingsley, Jennifer

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Kirkaldy, Kristine

Teacher - Foreign Language

VUHS

Kreisman, Isaac

Teacher - Social Studies

VUHS

Kruse, JoAnna

Fusion Site Coordinator - Middle School

VUHS

Kuhns, Cynthia

Teacher - EEE

ANWSD Preschool

Kunkel, Angela

Library Media Specialist

VUHS

LaPlante, Diana

OTA/COTA

VUES & VUHS

Lavalla, Hannah

Teacher - Physical Education/Health (1st semester)

VUHS

Lawrence, Lisa

School Nutrition Assistant

VUHS

Lawrence, Loretta

Secretary - Office

FCS

Leone, Tricia

Paraeducator

VUHS

Loven, David

Head Custodian

VUES

Loven, Wanda

Paraeducator - General Education

VUES

Lucarelli, Hannah

Speech Language Pathologist

FCS

Mahoney, Allison

Teacher - Language Arts

VUHS

Mallory, Sharon

Behavior Interventionist - General Education

VUHS

Maneen, Peter

Student Activities Director

VUHS

Marcotte, Dianne

Secretary - Office

VUHS

Marder, Gabrial

School Nutrition Assistant

ACS ~ 10 ~

Name

Title

Location

Marsh, Megan

Teacher - Literacy

VUES

Martin, Glory

Executive Assistant to Superintendent

ANWSD

Martin, Patricia

Paraeducator

VUES

Mason, Erica

Paraeducator

VUHS

Mason, Susanna

Teacher - English Language Learner

VUES & VUHS

Matot, Alison

Teacher - Kindergarten

ACS

McGrath, Meghan

Teacher - Middle School Language Arts

VUHS

Meader, Bruce

Custodian

FCS

Monk, Ashlee

School Counselor

VUHS

Mullis, Melanie

Teacher - Literacy

VUES

Murphy, Alyshia

School Counselor

ACS

Murray, Pamela

Nurse

ACS & FCS

Muzzy, Melissa

Teacher - Middle School Science

VUHS

Nary, Sean

Teacher - Middle School Math

VUHS

Newton, Robyn

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Nill, René

Paraeducator - General Education

VUES

O'Bryan, Stephen

Custodian

VUHS

O'Daniel, Susan

Teacher - Music

VUHS

O'Hara, Cailin

Teacher - Choral

VUHS

Oliveira, Susan

School Counselor

VUHS

Olsen, Meghan

Teacher - Literacy

VUHS

Owens, Robert

Director of Technology

ANWSD

Oxley, Chris

Teacher - Middle School Science

VUHS

Papin, Ashley

Teacher - Elementary (Leave of Absence)

VUES

Paquette, Angela

Paraeducator

ANWSD Preschool

Paquette, Nicole

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Paquin, Heather

Special Educator

VUHS

Pettibon, Laura

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Pierce, Kaci

Teacher - Elementary

FCS

Powers, Mark

Teacher - Science

VUHS

Presson, Lisa

Paraeducator - General Education

ACS

Pudvar, Kathleen

Teacher - Elementary

FCS

Racht, Leo

Teacher - Mathematics

VUHS

Racine, Heather

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Rapoport, Lynne

Health & Wellness Coordinator

ANWSD

Rheaume, Julie

School Nutrition Assistant

VUES

Robinson, Kimberly

Teacher - Elementary

FCS

Rossier, Emily

Teacher - Science

VUHS

Rusik, Donna

Teacher - Kindergarten

FCS

Russett, Jacqueline

Paraeducator - General Education

VUES

Salgado, Andrea

Paraeducator

VUHS

Sansom, Kate

Special Educator

VUES

Saraca, Matthew

Teacher - Middle School Language Arts

VUHS

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Name

Title

Location

Sawyer, Stephen

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Scacciaferro, Kathleen

Nurse

VUHS

Schlein, Matthew

Teacher - Walden Program

VUHS

Shea, Christina

Paraeducator

ACS

Sheehan, Shelby

Nurse

VUHS

Shields, Mary

Teacher - Literacy

VUES

Shorey, Lee

Paraeducator - General Education

VUHS

Shugart, Angela

Receptionist/Student Services Assistant

VUES

Soule, Sheila

Superintendent of Schools

ANWSD

Spencer, Jeffrey

Teacher - Art

VUHS

Sprague, Lisa

School Nutrition Assistant

VUES

Stansbery, Mavis

Child Care Afterschool Program

VUES

Stapleford, Ligia

Paraeducator

FCS

Stapleford, Peter

Teacher - Elementary

FCS

Steen, Karl

Teacher - Language Arts

VUHS

Stetzel, Joseph

Director of School Counseling & Student Programs

VUHS

Stith, Lori

School Counselor

VUHS

Stoll, Dylan

School Psychologist

ACS & VUHS

Story, Glenn

Teacher - Mathematics

VUHS

Straub, Peter

Paraeducator

VUHS

Sullivan, Betsy

Administrative Assistant to Principal

VUHS

Sullivan, Kenneth

Director of Building, Grounds & Safety

ANWSD

Sullivan, Meghan

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

Takeda, Karen

School Nutrition Head Chef

VUHS

Taplin, Jessica

Special Educator

VUES

Tate, Alan

Student Transporter

ANWSD

Taylor, Stephanie

Principal

VUHS

Taylor-Parsons, Alison

Teacher - Elementary

ACS & FCS

Tewksbury, Amy

Special Educator

VUES

Thomas, Michael

Teacher - Language Arts

VUHS

Thompson, Ricky

Custodian

VUHS

Thompson, Sarah

Teacher - Science

VUHS

Thurber, Shannon

Behavior Interventionist

VUHS

Thurber, Sheryl

Teacher - Literacy

ACS

Tierney, Marcie

Teacher - Preschool

ANWSD Preschool

Trudo, Tara

Teacher - Math Specialist

ACS

Valcourt, Stacy

Special Educator

FCS

Vaughan, April

Fiscal Analyst

ANWSD

Vigne, Allison

Nurse

VUES

Vincent, Anne

Secretary - School Counseling Office

VUHS

Vincent, Patricia

Paraeducator

ACS

Walsh, Brianne

School Psychologist

FCS & VUHS

Walther, Denise

Paraeducator

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Name

Title

Location

Warner, Sarah

Special Educator

VUES

Watson, Wendy

Speech Language Pathologist

VUES & VUHS

Wenzel, Rose

Teacher - Elementary

VUES

West, Dennis

Special Educator

VUHS

Weston, Helen

Teacher - Elementary

ACS & FCS

Whitley, Lisa

Paraeducator

VUES

Whitney, Rondi

Speech Language Pathologist

ACS & ANWSD

Wilson, Anna

Teacher - Elementary

ACS & FCS

Wright, Gary

Assistant Director of Buildings, Grounds & Safety

ANWSD

Wyckoff, Christopher

Teacher - Language Arts

VUHS

Young, Carolyn

Paraeducator

ANWSD Preschool & VUHS

Zwickel, Gwen

Teacher - Literacy

VUES

Percentage by Position Type for ANWSD (225 total staff) Admin Support 3.6%

Administrator/Director 6.7%

Non-Aligned Support 6.2%

School Nutrition Assistant 4.4% Teacher 37.8%

Receptionist/Secretary 1.8%

Paraeducator 15.1%

Custodian 5.8%

Special Educator 7.6%

OTA/COTA 0.4% Health Assistant 0.4%

School Counselor 2.7% Behavioral Interventionist 0.9%

Speech Language Pathologist 2.2%

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School Psychologist 1.3%

Nurse 1.8%

Library Media Specialist 1.3%

Departmental Reports OFFICE OF LEARNING: CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT Submitted by Kimberly Audette, Director of Learning The goal of the Addison Northwest School District’s Office of Learning is to assist our four schools in creating a learning environment that nurtures the academic and social development of all of our students. To achieve this, as well as instructional and programmatic consistency across the District, professional development is planned, coordinated and assessed through our office.

The Office of Learning: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment is responsible for a range of functions including the oversight of federal grants (including Title I, Title IIA, and Title IV); development, revision, and evaluation of the K-12 curriculum; coordination and oversight of professional development for ANWSD educators; coordination of the local assessment system, including data collection and analysis (Alpine); coordination of the curriculum teacher leadership committees, including the ELL (English Language learners) program.

2017-18 Professional Development Areas of Focus: ● K-6 Responsive Classroom training ● K-6 Curriculum/Proficiency-Based Learning (PBL) alignment work ● 7-12 Proficiency-Based learning (PBL) training and ongoing work ANWSD Assessment and Data ANWSD uses multiple local, state, and national measures to evaluate student progress. A K-6 Common Assessment System guides the administration of common assessments throughout the K-6 schools in literacy, mathematics, and science.

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Data Results During the spring of 2018, Vermont students were assessed in English/Language Arts and Math using the SBAC. This computer adaptive test is administered online and is aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

The following chart shows the 2018 ANWSD student performance in ELA by grade in each score (4 - Exceeds, 3- Meets, 2 - Approaching, and 1 - Does Not Meet).

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The following chart shows the 2018 ANWSD student performance in Math by grade in each score (4 - Exceeds, 3- Meets, 2 -Approaching, and 1 - Does Not Meet).

When determining student learning, it is important to look at cohort data over time to consider growth. The following table illustrates cohort data in both SBAC ELA and SBAC Mathematics assessments, in terms of the percentage of students that were Proficient (3- Meeting) or above (4-Exceeds).

Class Cohort Data Total Proficient or above

ELA ‘15

Math ‘15

ELA ‘16

Math ‘16

ELA ‘17

Math ‘17

ELA ‘18

Math ‘18

Class of ‘21 current 10th graders

39%

29%

70%

31%

56%

21%

58%

29%

Class of ‘22 current 9th graders

56%

37%

59%

40%

42%

47%

59%

56%

Class of ‘23 current 8th graders

67%

53%

66%

51%

58%

57%

64%

55%

Class of ‘24 current 7th graders

45%

41%

63%

61%

59%

34%

67%

37%

45%

55%

61%

57%

54%

36%

Class of ‘25 current 6th graders

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PROFILE OF THE COMMUNITY Addison Northwest School District - Demographics 2017-2018 STUDENT ENROLLMENT PK-12 District-wide total = 904 consisting of: Addison Central: 65 Ferrisburgh Central: 145 Vergennes Union High School: 470

Vergennes Union Elementary: 224

Source: https://anwsd.powerschool.com/admin/home.html

Population by Town: Estimates for 2010-2017 YEAR:

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

ADDISON

1,371

1,368

1,357

1,360

1,365

1,361

1,348

1,500

FERRISBURGH

2,775

2,768

2,757

2,767

2,779

2,764

2,740

2,150

PANTON

677

675

670

669

675

682

680

677

VERGENNES

2,588

2,582

2,584

2,588

2,597

2,631

2,599

2,558

WALTHAM

486

485

478

477

477

441

435

486

Source: http://healthvermont.gov/research/pop/VermontPopulationData.aspx

Vermont 2010 Census Projections by Town, 2020, 2030 (Scenario A) TOWN ADDISON FERRISBURGH PANTON VERGENNES WALTHAM

2010 CENSUS 1,371 2,775 677 2,588 486

2020 1,444 2,860 677 2,489 483

%change from 2010 5.3% 3.1% 0.0% -3.8% -0.6%

2030 1,459 2,859 663 2,373 472

% change from 2010 6.4% 3.0% -2.1% -8.3% -2.9%

Source: https://dail.vermont.gov/sites/dail/files/documents/vt-population-projections-2010-2030.pdf

Vermont 2010 Census Projections by Town, 2020, 2030 (Scenario B) TOWN ADDISON FERRISBURGH PANTON VERGENNES WALTHAM

2010 CENSUS 1,371 2,775 677 2,588 486

2020 1,391 2,754 652 2,395 465

%change from 2010 1.5% -0.8% -3.7% -7.5% -4.3%

2030 1,356 2,656 616 2,201 438

% change from 2010 -1.1% -4.3% -9.0% -15.0% -9.9%

** Please note these are projections, not predictions. Projections assume that conditions that occurred in the past will continue into the future. For these projections, there are assumptions about mortality rates (continuing a downward trajectory for the next 20 years), birth rates and two sets of assumptions about migration rates. Events may alter the conditions that led to population changes in the past 20 years and those events will affect the changes in population.

Examples of changes that are not predicted for these estimates: • Changes in the birth rate from social changes different than what has occurred in the past 20 years • Changes in health care practices or epidemics that could affect mortality rates • Changing economic conditions that result in shifts in national (internal) migration • Changes in national immigration policies Source: https://dail.vermont.gov/sites/dail/files/documents/vt-population-projections-2010-2030.pdf

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ANWSD Staff Information for 2017-18 Student : Teacher Ratio

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL 3.91

FERRISBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL 5.01

VERGENNES UNION ELEM. SCHOOL 5.32

VERGENNES UNION HIGH SCHOOL 6.21

Enrollment 62 149 267 453

% Low Income 37.19% 26.85% 32.21% 28.04%

Source: www.education.vermont.gov

Free and Reduced Lunch Eligibility 2017-18 SY SCHOOL Addison Central School Ferrisburgh Central School Vergennes Union Elementary Vergennes Union High School

Free & Reduced Students 23 40 86 127

Source: https://education.vermont.gov/sites/aoe/files/documents/edu-nutrition-2018-free-reduced-eligibility-report.pdf

FY2017 ANWSD Special Education Expenditures FY2017 Actual K-12 Special Education Cost (Federal/ State/Local)

FY2017 Actual K-12 Spec. Ed. Formula Eligible Cost (State/Local)

Dec. 1, 2016 K-12 IEP Spec. Ed. Child Count*

FY2017 K-12 ADM for Resident Students

% of K-12 IEP Spec. Ed. Count/K-12 Resident ADM

FY2017 K-12 Special Education Formula Cost/Resident ADM

% Over/Under Statewide Avg. Spec.

Ed. Cost per ADM

FY2017 K-12 Special Education Formula Cost/Child Count

$4,237,293.28

$3,997,681.51

139

900.65

15.4%

4,438.66

17.34%

28,760

*ADM data used is frozen ADM as of Dec. 2016; child count includes only K-12 eligible students (excludes parentallyplaced students).

Source: https://education.vermont.gov/documents/special-education-cost-report-fy-2017

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STUDENT SERVICES AND EARLY EDUCATION Submitted by Kara Griswold, Director Major Accomplishments during 2017-2018: During the FY18 school year, the Special Education department went into year three of having an evaluation team. The AOE, as part of their focused monitoring report, recommended that the School District develop its own team to provide consistency of testing, report writing and the eligibility process throughout the School District, as well as, to build our own capacity and reduce costs spent on outside evaluations and evaluators. The team consisted of three school psychologists, a learning specialist, and a speech and language pathologist. This team conducts all special education evaluations for grades K-12. This is providing us with consistency in evaluations as well as 100% compliance on completing evaluations by their due dates. The AOE complimented us on being one of the few districts in the state to have 100% compliance on our evaluations. We were also in the third year of having a .80 FTE COTA (Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant) who provides the majority of our OT (Occupational Therapy) services to students under the supervision of an OT. All OT services are now provided by one provider, which allows for consistency of services and a reduction in cost, since we are only contracting for supervision services. Throughout the year, the COTA has been working in the K-2 classrooms to provide sensory spaces that all students can access. We also hired a third school psychologist who is providing, behavioral, counseling, and evaluation supports at ACS and VUHS. Our District, per AOE guidelines, is moving from a discrepancy based eligibility model to a MTSS-SLD model. This has created opportunities for both special educators and intervention to improve their progress monitoring ability and menu of instructional practices and programs available to students who are struggling. In the area of Preschool and Early Essential Education, our preschool in the spring/summer underwent moving the whole PreK program to FCS instead of a 30 plus year old trailer located at the back of VUES.

Major Need/Actions during the 2018-2019: We are continuing to increase our capacity to serve and meet the needs of students who have behavioral challenges.

Our school psychologists continue to work with student teams who have complex behavioral needs by developing behavioral plans that target student's behavior and teach replacement behavior. They also provide counseling services to students who require those services to be successful within the school environment. The School District used to contract with outside providers for all of these services, but now we are building our own capacity to provide these services to our students. We continue to grow our own system by training up staff to either become RBT (Registered Behavior Technician) or BCaBA’s (Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst), who are able to provide supervision for RBT and manage, write, and evaluate behavioral plans and FBA’s. The Special Education department is part of the AOE pilot for using the RTI (Response to Intervention) model to determine a specific learning disability instead of the discrepancy model. We are participating and learning about many types of progress monitoring, rates of improvement, and evidence based instructional programs. The special education department is also using Goalbook for all goal and objective writing. Goalbook provides goals and objectives that are written in SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timely) format and progress monitoring tools. Co-teaching is now occurring in 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts and mathematics, as well as high school English, math and science courses. Research has shown that reading skills are the most important skill a student receives while in school.

This summer, the School District is offering OG (Orton-Gillingham) training to special educators K-8. Our own ANWSD Preschool is offering both morning and afternoon sessions to students who are of preschool age. We are currently serving 24 students from across the District. We are currently partnering with 13 Preschools through Addison and Chittenden County.

Major Needs/Actions for 2019-2020: We need to continue to provide the behavioral and counseling services our students require to be successful within the school community, as well as, continuing to educate staff on trauma informed practices. We will continue to grow our evaluation team by partnering with other districts’ evaluation teams, so we can learn from each other what works and ~ 18 ~

to develop common practices throughout the county. We will continue to improve our ability to write goals and objectives that are all within a SMART format, as well as, using rate of improvement to monitor student growth and use the data from progress monitoring to drive instructional programming. Lastly, the District Management Council has been issued the task of evaluating special education services and costs across the state. This report is now published and we will be using the suggestions within the report to better address the needs of all our students, by continuing to be as cost effective as possible. We will continue to offer preschool programming and early essential education services to students within our School District and partner with any pre-qualified programs within the state that are serving ANWSD students.

TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Submitted by Robert Owens, Director Major Accomplishments during 2017-2018 We implemented higher Internet speeds at the high school and Vergennes Elementary. We are now running at 1GB of capacity. We also replaced the firewall at the high school. This provided us with greater capacity for all of the Chromebooks in use as well as better overall security.

We replaced the firewall at the high school. We also made changes to standardize technology in all buildings for better ease of use and uniform performance.

Major Needs/Actions for 2018-2019 We replaced the leased Chromebook with Chromebooks that were purchased outright. The original lease was a good way to bring the technology into the District but purchasing gives us better control and allows us to have a better handle on the overall usability of the systems over time. All Chromebooks are now on a 3-4 year life cycle. We replaced most of the staff computers at all schools. This gives classrooms current technology that is uniform across the District.

We secured all wireless solutions at ACS. This gives us both public and private WiFi networks to provide open access but much better security in the building.

We established a direct fiber-optic connection between FCS and VUHS. This gives Ferrisburgh the same high speed connection as the high school and Vergennes Elementary. Aside from higher Internet speeds, it also means that the high school, Vergennes Elementary, and Ferrisburgh Elementary are all part of the same network. We also increased the internet speed in Addison.

PowerSchool continues to be our student management system. Statistics for the month of November: Total sign-ins by parents: 401 Total sign-ins by students: 1509 Total sign-ins by parents and students combined: 1910 Number of students whose records were accessed: 246 / 473 (52.0%) Keep in mind that November was a short month.

Major Needs/Actions for 2019-2020 • • • •

Upgrading the wireless access points at the high school Increasing wireless coverage at all elementary schools to improve on connectivity and speeds Upgrading the networking switches at the high school E911 Phone capabilities in all schools

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HEALTH & WELLNESS DEPARTMENT Submitted by Lynne Rapoport, Coordinator Major Accomplishments during 2017-2018 The school year kicked off with a District Wide Health and Wellness Day for all employees. We had over 25 volunteers hosting over 50 different workshops throughout the day for staff to choose from, and learn about their health benefits and incorporate wellness into their lives. This event was such a success we decided to host a similar event for students in grades 7-12, where students were able to choose from over 40 different safety and wellness related workshops. In 2017/18, the Health and Wellness Department focus was around The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model. School prevention teams worked at aligning the common goals between education, public health, and school health with many outside organizations as a collaborative approach designed to improve learning and health.

Examples of this collaborative work include: The Vermont Department of Health and our Health Services team working on strengthening health related policies and procedures; OutRight VT providing professional development to all staff around safe, healthy, and supportive environments; United Way of Addison County providing prevention and leadership training, as well as resources for students and staff; and the Vermont Education Health Initiative (VEHI) working with our Employee Wellness Team to build together a wellness program for all employees.

Major Needs/Actions for 2018-2019 This year, we continue to incorporate the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model components to better serve our students, school leaders, and staff. We continue to play a critical role in promoting the health and safety of our young people and helping them establish lifelong healthy behaviors. Through organized and purposeful communication, we will be working towards strengthening our health services record keeping through the continued implementation of our electronic record keeping system. We will be working with community organizations on projects such as e-cigarette and vaping prevention, restorative approaches to substance use violations, and health related policy and procedure updates.

Major Needs/Actions for 2019-2020 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Data will be released and need to be analyzed by the WSCC team and student leadership teams. This data will help to determine what prevention areas might need strengthening or additional resources. We will continue to better understand and play an essential role in implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and other mandates. Implementation of the health services electronic record keeping system, policy, procedures, and health curriculum will be areas of focus for 2020. Family and community involvement is important to the learning, development, and health of students. We will be working towards additional ways to engage families to improve student health and learning.

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AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER SERVICES Submitted by Tara Brooks, Director Major Accomplishments during 2017-2018 The ANWSD has continued to expand after school and summer opportunities for students across the four school buildings. During the summer of 2017, over 100 elementary students participated in the Fusion summer remedial and enrichment program that was offered at Vergennes Union Elementary School. This program was supported by a combination of general fund money and grant funding from the 21 Century Community Learning Grant (21CCLC).

Thirty-three staff members, including licensed teachers, para-educators, and community partners, provided remedial and enrichment support in Language Arts, math, and science. Enrichment opportunities in art, physical activity, and STEM provided students with a variety of hands-0n learning opportunities that not only worked to reduce summer learning loss, but also provided students with engaging and meaningful learning and growth opportunities. This program was recognized by the AOE as being a model of inclusiveness, equity, and quality. In correlation with our educational programming, the ANWSD launched a new summer licensed child care program. This program operated out of Vergennes Union Elementary School for six weeks from 7am -5:30pm daily. This fee-based program was completely self-sustaining and worked to fill a need for working families. Other accomplishments for 2017-2018 included a new licensed child care program at Addison Central School. This program filled a long overdue need for after school care for that community.

Along with our summer and childcare programming, the ANWSD continued to implement our Fusion After School program funded by the 21CCLC grant at VUES and VUMS. 203 students at VUES (75%) and 149 students at VUMS (98%) participated in at least one Fusion activity.

Major Needs/Actions for 2018-2019 The construction at VUES and VUHS brought challenges to our summer programming.

Despite it being a construction site, VUHS was still able to host a summer program for middle school students. Asia Kruse and her staff served 73 middle school students, using the high school gym and a few classrooms in the science wing. Students participated in a variety of activities including: small scale gadgetry, movie making, cooking, large scale art projects, and other STEM activities. Construction at VUES, on the other hand, required that the building be completely shut down. Elementary programming moved to Ferrisburgh for the summer. This caused some challenges for student participation, as many of the students take swimming lessons or participate on the Vergennes Swim Team. Additional bussing was provided to ensure all students had access to the program, and to allow participation in activities happening at the pool. The location change did not affect participation; 135 elementary school students participated in the summer program, a 35% increase from 2017.

At the start of the 2018-19 school year, Ferrisburgh Central School welcomed a district-operated licensed child care program. “Cougar Care” replaced the YMCA program that had been operating for several years. This will pave the way for a district-wide elementary enrichment program in the future. This is also the last year of funding for our five year 21st Century Community Learning grant. We will continue to offer enrichment activities at both VUES and VUMS as we work on determining eligibility for future funding.

Major Needs/Actions for 2019-2020 The start of FY 19 will mark the end of the five year 21 Century Community Learning grant that has funded after school and summer enrichment programs at VUES and VUHS. Though we can re-apply for funding, not all of our school buildings are eligible to apply. Though we are a unified district recognized by the state, 21CCLC grants are federally funded and are site-specific. As we look ahead, we will need to make decisions around how to equitably provide after school enrichment activities to all students. This will be challenging if only two out of our four buildings receive funding, or in the slim chance that none of our buildings receive funding. If this is the case, we will work to develop a fee-based program with support from other grants and nonprofits in order to ensure that all of our students continue to have access to reliable, affordable, and quality after school enrichment programming. ~ 21 ~

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL Submitted by Kathleen Kilbourne, Principal Major Accomplishments during 2017-2018 While there was a transition in leadership at ACS at the conclusion of the 17-18 school year, it is my understanding that last school year there was a strong PBIS focus that described expected behaviors across all school environments. Our PBIS leaders attended trainings and shared resources with other schools implementing PBIS. In addition, transferable skills need for lifelong learning were also discussed and prioritized. While academic content is important, the skills of communication, problem solving, and collaboration become applicable to area of learning.

These too need to be included in a purposeful and intentional way into all of our lessons.

ACS had a school-wide skiing trip as a learning community, thanks to our PTA and a generous donor. This was a first exposure to skiing for some of our students. It was so well received we plan on doing it twice in the current school year!

Major Needs/Actions for 2018-2019 This school year we have added a student elected student council. They have organized a food drive, provided peer leadership to younger students, and are planning student activities.

We have added “Action Based Learning” for our K-1 students which allows for our youngest students to learn through movement in small group stations facilitated by our Kindergarten teacher, our PE teacher, our reading interventionist, and an Occupational Therapy Assistant. It is critical that our children have increased movement opportunities to show what they know.

This school year we implemented an “All School Writing Prompt” each Wednesday for ten minutes. All staff and students write to the same prompt; sharing ideas and suggestions with student voice, reflecting on experiences, or responding to a video clip or passage.

We are using Zones of Regulation school-wide. This program supports self-regulation skills, and helps children identify how they are feeling and how they can get back to “green” (calm and safe place).

We are planning parent education and parent engagement opportunities for families to come together to learn and support each other. We hosted a parent book group on “The 5 Love Languages of Children” and offered a workshop on healthy sexual development and preventing sexual abuse.

We have begun to use Alpine, which is a database that is able put students’ scores and EST plans/ 504’s in one place.

This allows for us to make data based decision on an individual basis.

We have added several safety and precautionary measures to ensure the safety of our children, including a district-wide safety team.

We continue to be a PBIS school, and use that framework to teach and practice expectations and to build a caring and kind community of learners.

One focus this school year has been on building community partnerships to better wrap around the whole student. We are currently partnering with: ~ 22 ~

ACS PTA Knights of Columbus Lion’s Club Prevent Child Abuse VT (for Act 1 training and supports) Addison Fire Dept.

National Bank of Middlebury (School Saving Program) Addison Community Baptist Church - Kid’s Zone Program Boys and Girls Club of Vergennes Counseling Service of Addison County Dept. of Children and Families VT Student Assistance Corporation Flynn Theater Snow Bowl VT Adaptive Ski Eagle Care- After school childcare Community Friends Mentoring (Middlebury College) Hannaford Career Center -ART Safer Society Foundation - New Circle Mentoring Addison County Home Health and Hospice

Major Needs/Actions for 2019-2020 As we move forward into next school year, we will continue with the items above and continue to look at meeting the needs of the whole child, including supporting their social emotional wellness.

We will continue on the journey of moving to standards based teaching and reporting, anticipating an updated report card district-wide.

We will continue to update and practice our safety measures and protocols, ever improving based on current research and recommendations.

We would like to look into more grant resources and apply where applicable with our grant team in the coming school year.

We would like to explore an artist in residency or visiting authors for our students.

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FERRISBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL Submitted by Beth Brodie, Principal Major Accomplishments during 2017-2018 During the 2017-2018 year we developed leadership teams for both academic objectives and social emotional objectives.

Our academic leadership team became proficient with using Alpine achievement and then instructed their grade cluster teams in how to use the Alpine data system to 1) track progress; 2) improve tier 1 instruction; 3) determine tier 2 and tier 3 referrals; and 4) set team goals. Each cluster team set goals surrounding improvement in writing based on the fall writing assessment. By focusing on writing across the curriculum, our scores for proficient improved in all areas: organization (13%), purpose (16%), and level of detail (27%). Our social emotional team also developed goals for systematizing PBIS structures for rewarding good behavior, delineating tier one and tier two behaviors, hosting monthly PBIS recognition assemblies, and presenting PBIS reminders at each staff meeting. Our office referrals were reduced by 10%.

We also worked to improve tier one math and literacy services in the Kindergarten and first grade classes by utilizing peer coaching and team teaching structures. This resulted in a 5 % increase in proficiency with the first grade and a respective 18 % increase in proficiency in the spring data for the Kindergarten between the 16/17 and 17/18 school years.

Part of the increase is due to the highly effective organization of the EST system.

One other area of growth in the 17/18 school year was the growth in student voice through the creation of a grades 3-6 student council. The grades 3-6 council continues this year with four areas of focus: Advocacy, School Community, Environmental Conservation, and Prevention.

Major Needs/Actions for 2018-2019 One significant change to FCS is that starting the 2018-2019 school year we are now a PreK -6 grade. With the arrival of the 22 PreK students, we have worked to integrate them into our daily program inviting them to participate in school events such as gardening events and having second grade students read to them weekly.

Our school nurse has made tremendous strides in articulating procedures of care for injury and illness and for developing an articulated system for medication delegation. Additionally, we have instituted the use of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) utilizing SNAP software. Use of an EHR achieves better student health outcomes by streamlining workflow, increasing communication, and providing comprehensive health data analysis in a paperless FERPA and HIPAA format.

During our staff meetings, we have a monthly review of trauma informed practices so that all the staff can meet the needs of students impacted by developmental trauma.

One of our Continuous Improvement Plan goals this year reflects a commitment for all teachers to provide goal-setting opportunities for all students. The students set personal or academic goals in the fall and review their goals throughout the year. Four classrooms have piloted student-led parent conferences where students reflect on their goals and their successes and challenges in learning throughout the year.

This year, our staff continues to work district-wide on articulating the proficiencies for all areas as part of a District initiative that began in the 2017-2018 school year.

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Major Needs/Actions for 2019-2020 In the 2019-2020 school year, the school needs to continue to develop student voice through formalized student-led conferences in the spring of 2020 which will incorporate the work we are currently doing surrounding goal setting and reflective practices.

On a district level, staff will continue to develop the articulation of proficiency work in each discipline and work to develop a proficiency based reporting system.

ANWSD PRESCHOOL Submitted by Kara Griswold, Director • •

• •

Offer two sessions: mixed age of 3, 4, and 5 year olds, morning and afternoon programs, total of 24 slots ANWSD Preschool, also has Essential Early Education (EEE) services for students with developmental delays (in the following areas: receptive and/or expressive communication, adaptive development, social or emotional development, fine or gross motor skills, and cognitive skills-memory, processing, reasoning or perception) Speech and Language Pathologist services expanded since FY15 to provide outreach services for students with SLP needs within the District ANWSD PreK program moved to the FCS school, in the summer of 2018.

Act 166, also known as Universal PreK: • Universal PreK to any 3, 4, or 5 year olds • We currently partner with 15 preschools serving 67 students • Universal PreK allows students to receive 10 hours of high quality PreK each week • The School District will pay $3,356 per child for PreK education in FY20 • All approved PreK program must be STARS certified (3 or more) and use the VELS and TSG standards.

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VERGENNES UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Submitted by Matthew DeBlois, Principal Major Accomplishments during 2017-2018 We refined the use of data within our building to have a deeper understanding of the interplay between high quality tier 1 instruction and tier 2 interventions and supports. This was accomplished by looking at the interplay between assessment data on screeners and our programmatic assessments. We examined more closely how and why we work with students, and how to ameliorate the system of communication associated with that work. We have improved the access to technology tools and resources within the building for staff and students. We examined our approach to spelling in order to ensure quality of programming. We overhauled our PBIS system of interventions and supports. The PE teacher, Kindergarten teachers, and many of our interventionists worked to refine the data collection and monitoring of our Action Based Learning program. We worked collaboratively across the District to develop and define proficiencies across content areas.

Major Needs/Actions for 2018-2019 We identified Responsive Classroom as a major need for 20182019. All professional staff took place in trainings to build capacity at the tier 1 level in order to improve fidelity. All teachers irrespective of assignment and our support staff also took part in some training. Resultantly, all students now work with adults trained in Responsive Classroom, participate in a daily morning meeting, take part in full school morning meetings monthly, and use a common language with regard to expectations.

We identified a need to find common practices for our educational support team (EST) to meet and develop plans for student success. To that end, our EST now meets every other week with a cohort of common adults including the school psychologist, math interventionist, literacy interventionist and speech language pathologist. We also developed the use of a new tool to store plans within our data management system. Using this tool allows for a more efficient system of plan usage and distribution that is not person dependent.

We have rethought the use of our professional time on Wednesdays to focus on curriculum. These groups focus on an area in order to develop or continue to develop consistency and habits that cross the learning community. Some of the groups include, to this point, early literacy, scope and sequence of social studies, outdoor classroom, mindfulness, and learning targets. It is our hope that we bring about increased consistency with regard to tier 1 instruction.

Major Needs/Actions for 2019-2020 We will continue to plan for high quality tier 1 opportunities for students.

Establishing a schedule that allows for increased student and teacher collaboration is needed to rethink how best to meet student need.

We will look at the impact of Restorative Justice as an opportunity to build engagement and responsibility among the students. Creating opportunities for ownership will allow for students to more easily recognize their role as an individual within a group setting. This type of endeavor will be more effective when coupled with a consistent tier 1 experience such as Responsive Classroom.

We will continue to refine our communication systems to align more accurately between and among grades to increase predictability and consistency. The current system allows for a range of options for home-school communication, but that are limited in consistency. Staff currently uses a number of formats and we hope to implement a plan of communication that aligns throughout the school. ~ 26 ~

VERGENNES UNION HIGH SCHOOL Submitted by Stephanie Taylor, Principal Major Accomplishments during 2017-2018 The 2017-2018 school year was characterized by major facilities issues that stretched our resources and challenged our ability to maintain a safe and comfortable learning environment. A heavy rainstorm in July resulted in major flooding throughout the first floor of the building. A frozen pipe in a foyer burst and flooded the high school gym and surrounding areas requiring repair and resurfacing and limiting access for most of the winter season for both athletics and PE classes. Another weather-related flood in the health office required major repairs in both the nurse and school counseling offices and required us to relocate both of these vital resources. In April, work began on the much needed replacement of the heating and ventilating system and we welcomed the construction crews who began replacing light fixtures and fitting pipes throughout the building in preparation for the major construction scheduled for the summer.

Summer programming moved to the high school gym area and we were able to accommodate a record number of students in enriching Fusion activities.

On the academic side of things, as we began to align our teaching and assessments to standards and proficiencies, we realized that PowerSchool, our system for reporting student progress, would not support our needs. We began a process to evaluate grading and reporting systems with a plan for partial implementation and transition for the 18-19 school year.

Standards and proficiencies were identified in all content areas and teachers began to define proficiency in each of the transferable skill areas. Many teachers participated in professional development focused on instructional methods to support student learning and the faculty increased their understanding and use of data to inform instruction. We revised Personalized Learning Plans (PLP) to align with transferable skills and continued to incorporate student voice into the PLPs and year-end presentations in order to make them a true reflection of learning. We increased our collaboration with community partners, such as the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, so that more students could engage in personalized learning while acquiring required content and skills. We worked to identify obstacles to other options for flexible learning such as dual enrollment, early college, online learning, independent learning, and local career centers.

Major Needs/Actions for 2018-2019 We started the year with one last facility emergency when a construction related flood required replacement of the entire middle school gymnasium floor and major repairs to the classrooms and office space beneath the gym on the lower level. Aside from that mishap, the renovations to the heating, ventilating, and lighting systems were completed on time making the building comfortable and efficient. The newly installed security systems increase security while still providing access to students, families, and the community.

Due to a lack of qualified teachers, limited budget, and scheduling conflicts, we have struggled to provide academic intervention for students in the area of math and literacy. As we shift to a proficiency-based teaching and learning environment, ensuring that students make progress in achieving targets will continue to be a priority.

We identified that the class schedule VUHS has followed for many years doesn’t offer the flexibility necessary to schedule additional instructional blocks for students who require intervention and limits access to flexible pathways for students. We are preparing to adopt the alternating day schedule used by area high schools for the 2019-2020 school year which will increase opportunities to collaborate with area schools. This shift is requiring a re-evaluation of the ~ 27 ~

course sequences in many departments. As identified last year, PowerSchool has challenged our ability to communicate student progress in the area of proficiencies. With the middle school successfully adopting a new reporting platform this year, the high school faculty is preparing for that transition next year and the Leadership Team is developing the structures to support that shift.

In order to acknowledge the needs of students in the midst of all these changes, we are developing strategies to incorporate student voice and student leadership in authentic and meaningful ways. Existing structures such as our advisory system, Student Council, class government, National Honor Society, and others can provide opportunities for students to take leadership and participate in the decision-making process.

Major Needs/Actions for 2019-2020 Transitioning to the alternating day, year-long schedule from semester-based classes will require continued revisions to our course offerings. Proficiency-based teaching and reporting will require continued revision to instructional practices and support for students who struggle. We will develop new ways for students to engage in learning both in and outside of the building while meeting required content standards and proficiencies.

Next year, the need to support students lagging in core academic areas, including math and literacy, will continue to be a need. While tier II interventions, especially in the area of math will be increased, strategies to improve learning outcomes for all students in the general classroom will be a focus.

The transition from an assessment based reporting system to a proficiency-based system will demand we revisit many of the hallmarks of high school academic life such as honor roll, class rank, and other acknowledgments of academic success. As a system, we will be challenging community expectations of what success at the high school looks like and how it is reported as students achieve proficiency and show evidence of deep and meaningful learning. This transition must still ensure accurate reporting of student learning to all stakeholders including students, families, communities, and post-secondary programs.

Lastly, we will continue to develop and implement instructional practices that are effective in supporting student growth towards meeting proficiencies while allowing and supporting personalization to increase engagement.

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ANWSD SCHOOL NUTRITION COOPERATIVE Submitted by Kathy Alexander, Director 2017-2018 was the first full year that the ANWSD school nutrition programs in each school operated as a cooperative under the direction of one administrator and two assistants. The year was marked by the collaborative development of cycle menus that each school followed and the creation of many administrative and program management practices with the goal of setting up improved financial and program accountability as well as building a base for financial stability.

In 2017-2018 all programs saw very healthy participation numbers in both breakfast and lunch service. The programs that saw the most improved participation were at the VUHS with close to a 15% increase in lunch participation and about 20% increase in breakfast from previous years. Other school programs also saw increases in participation or maintained high participation in 2017-2018. School breakfast and lunch was offered at every school and free after school meals were offered at Vergennes High School and the Vergennes Elementary School throughout the year.

We used a lot of produce from local farmers during the growing season and additionally focused efforts on including local proteins – beef and chicken from Addison county farmers on the menu at least once a month.

The numbers of students eligible for free and reduced meals shifted in 2017-2018. Most notably Vergennes Elementary had numbers as low as 37% in 2017-2018 ending the year at 40%. Overall, these numbers have been declining despite what we consider to be robust efforts to make the application process accessible and easy for all families. The decline in eligibility seen in our District is also evident in state-wide numbers for programs such as 3Squares and WIC. It is normal for these numbers to shift in districts over a number of years. While Vergennes numbers declined somewhat throughout the year, other towns and schools maintained numbers or saw slight increases.

Exciting plans were developed and executed to upgrade the Vergennes Elementary School kitchen. The new space works extremely well for the professional production of meals.

The 2017-2018 Summer Meals program was very successful with a total of five sites in the Vergennes area. A new site, the Sunshine Grill, at the Vergennes Elementary School and the City pool, was established serving free meals to all kids 18 and under and offering a great place for families to gather and enjoy summer days with kids.

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Maintain high participation for lunch Increase breakfast participation by exploring new service models, menu ideas, etc.

Renovate kitchen at Ferrisburgh Central School with a new hood, stove and other improvements Continue to work to evaluate and make adjustments to programs in order to achieve increased financial stability over time.

Evaluate the efficacy of the Cooperative and its administrative connection to other districts.

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Expand revenue sources.

Evaluate ways to continue summer and after school meals programs if eligibility numbers do not improve to targets.

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ANWSD Facilities Work Completed and In Progress Submitted by Ken Sullivan, Director of Buildings, Grounds & Safety The capital repair, energy conservation, and school security plan is close to being substantially complete in all categories. Energy Efficient Investments (EEI), who managed the project, reported they have remained on budget with a possibility of coming slightly under budget. Luckily, there were fewer problems on the project that the contingency funds were able to be used for building enhancements outside the original contract scope. EEI and its subcontractors have been very proactive and helpful.

The following is a brief summary of the work that was completed on the project: • Gas Conversions - domestic hot water systems, boiler plants, and new gas roof top units at VUHS & VUES. • Steam Heating Conversion – converted the building steam system to hot water at VUHS. • Boiler Projects – new boilers installed at VUHS & VUES. • HVAC Controls – new controls and building automation system installed in all schools.

• Roofing – substantial amount of roofing was completed at the high school.

• Security – new security system at all schools with access badges provided to all staff and security cameras installed at all schools.

• Fire Protection Improvements – a fire sprinkler system was installed at VUES and a new fire alarm system was installed at VUES and FCS. • LED Lighting – new LED lighting installed at all schools.

• Kitchen Upgrade – kitchen improvements to VUES included new flooring, kitchen hood, and plumbing code updates.

• Oil Tank Removal/Site Demo – removal of the trailer at VUES and removal of the oil tank (these were completed from contingency funds).

In addition to the above work, the ANWSD Operations and Maintenance staff had numerous other projects to conquer.

These projects, along with the normal day-to-day tasks, were completed with some still in progress. These tasks added a large amount of work hours for our custodial and maintenance staff. We commend them for all of their hard work.

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Consolidation of the catacomb storage rooms and the purchase of a 40 ft. shipping container located in the rear of the VUHS parking lot.

Replaced and repaired over $20,000 worth of doors and door hardware on: o HS Gym Entrance o Auditorium Entrance o Kitchen rear Entrance Replaced old stair treads and visual impairment strips with new treads and actual visual impairment risers.

Replaced and added 42 new window shades to secure building safety.

Middlebury Lock and Glass reviewed all keyed locks on exterior doors for standardization and compatibility.

New England Air CAD department has created an actual full scale map, set of actual as built plans, and EGRESS maps for private and public use.

Kitchen Equipment repairs and upgrades: o Removed five year old failed dishwasher booster heater, reinstalled new sanitizing storage tank, and added hose connection to easily maintain/ clean dishwasher. o Reconfigured shelving. o Installed and relocated numerous electrical outlets throughout to accommodate all kitchen staff

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Building storage organization - throughout

 Private maps for safety with all equipment locations including life safety and mechanical.

 Key index and updating key logs.  Control logs for all life safety and mechanical equipment.  Planned maintenance schedules and maps to coincide with individually categorized equipment.

 Training to building supervisors of all building safety, security and mechanical systems.

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bathrooms.

Estimates for next years planned maintenance all new and existing equipment and controls.

Estimates for new metal mesh screens for operable windows.

Audit of all inoperable windows.

Roof maintenance plan.

Organization of all Bond work documentation.

Implementing Dude Solutions®, a cloud-based operations management software to track assets, improve workflow, and make data-driven decisions.

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needs. o Steamer repairs. Diagnosed and replaced bad circuit boards. o Replaced descale stick, filters, and cleaned heat exchanger. o Replaced warmer cabinet switch and element. o Replaced fan cycling switch on walk-in freezer. o Cleaned, sanitized ice machine, and serving tables.

New England Air and ANWSD staff replaced building antiscald valve for all domestic hot water. Repaired all hot water to the B-Wing.

Replaced 45 out of 88 bad and broken E-Lights and Exit signs.

Installed 19 new Whiteboards, removed 12 old green chalk boards, and painted 12 rooms.

Constructed and modified the Maintenance Staff Office and created a break room attached to the District Director of Buildings, Grounds, and Safety’s office.

Removed 35 feet of old chimney stack from the oil boilers.

Transferred 2,700 gallons of unused fuel oil from VUHS to the FCS fuel tank.

Removed the island of burning bushes in the front of the HS GYM drop off roundabout.

Made significant cosmetic and safety upgrades to the lower level kitchen classroom which included the following: o Installation of real cabinets. o Replacement of rotten countertop and backsplash. o Repair connections for three working gas ranges from one that was working. o Repurposed cabinets and built in shelving to accommodate more kitchen utensils and culinary supplies. o Installed a clothes dryer booster fan on the existing dryer.

Purchased a new floor machine dedicated to cleaning the new Gym floors. Established a routine for cleaning with the flooring installer and manufacturer of the floor finish. Also, purchased a bleacher mule for the MS gym bleachers so they no-longer need to be pulled in and out manually.

Repurposed air compressor from Vergennes Elementary Schools pneumatic controls for the shop classes air tool needs.

Solar Panels on VUHS

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Complete remodel of the kitchen space including the following: o New three-bay sink, prep sink, and hand wash sink. o New plumbing drains under slab. o New outdoor grease trap. o New walk-in cooler floor. o New hot serving line. o New work tables. o Repaired WIF low Freon and bad solder connections to all suction line piping. Replaced all piping connections re-soldered and added new filter drier with proper Freon. Re-piped condensate drain to eliminate nuisance freeze ups. o New range hood and fire suppression system. o Rebuilt and serviced steam kettle and had vessel inspected.

New washer and dryer.

New 40 gallon water heater for quad wing. $5,500 worth of door hardware and repairs.

Removal of old wooden shelving units in teacher’s space.

New ceilings in two bathrooms.

Installed skate rink barrier.

Removal of the PreK building.

Repairs to the underground internet cables and conduit.

Cut new trail head for outdoor classroom.

Added new heating registers in Principal’s office.

Added heat in entrance vestibule.

All bond project upgrades.

Purchased and placement of 40 ft. storage container.

Relocation of classroom to Ferrisburgh Central School.

Relocation of the math lab and installed cubicles for four learning spaces.

Relocation of the entire PreK to Ferrisburgh Central School.

Relocated Special Education room.

Cleaned attic and basement.

Installation of new window blinds.

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Water bottle filling station in gym.

Water leak from underground pipe feeding the 1986 wing.

Soccer goal removal.

New walk-in freezer condenser and evaporator.

Exterior siding and repairs.

Exterior painting.

Window operation audit.

Implementing Dude Solutions®, a cloud-based operations management software to track assets, improve workflow, and make data-driven decisions.

Director of Buildings, Grounds and Safety Ken Sullivan stands with the new boilers at the school.

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Installation of new border and $14,000 worth of playground upgrades.

Installation of new PreK playground.

Installation of new gas lines to ready the existing boilers for a propane conversion.

Cleaned crawl spaces of old construction debris and water.

Moved in PreK classroom.

Painted four classrooms.

Reviewed all state records for the existing underground oil tank to determine age.

Repaired $3,600 worth of oil pumps and piping to oil burners.

Standard annual PM on all equipment over the summer.

Created a new room for the Principal across from the Main Office.

All bond project upgrades.

Assisted with the line painting for soccer season.

Removed all concrete curbs in the front parking row before winter to allow for easier plowing.

Added Carbon Monoxide detector to Nurse’s office.

Repaired numerous electrical outlets.

Replaced one of the sewage pumps and sewage control circuit boards.

Playground safety repairs.

Playground safety inspections resulting in the removal of tire course, balance beam, and merry-go-round. $4,500 worth of rubber mulch for playground.

Relocated Library, math lab, makerspace, custodial office and added a room for Special Education.

Installed an indoor swing.

Repaired siding and soffit on the west end of double wide addition from wind damage.

Repaired all loose boards on fire exit porches on double wide building.

Installed four Smart Boards and three white boards.

Cleaned all carpets before school started.

Painted four classrooms, Library, entrance hall, exterior entrance doors, and trim.

Repaired siding at entrance of building.

Cleaned and serviced oven, dishwasher, and freezer.

Serviced refrigerator.

Removed old freezer and disposed.

Installed new hot water circulation pump for domestic hot water recirculation.

Cleaned and serviced all mechanical equipment.

Replaced twelve E-Lights with new LED style E-Light for life safety and fire egress.

Installed new power pole for Library desk location.

Relocated the IT Department from VUHS, VUES, and FCS including supplies and Chromebooks for the summer to allow the bond work in those schools. Relocated all back before school started.

Removed three old raised vegetable garden beds and built and installed three new ones.

Installed new interior door jam, door, and hardware.

Installed new Front doors and closers.

Installed new door hardware to kitchen exterior door.

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damage to carpets and ceilings.

Numerous carpet cleanings throughout school.

Key logs and control logs for all doors.

Kitchen modifications for efficiency and safety.

Storage consolidation throughout buildings.

Implementing Dude Solutions®, a cloud-based operations management software to track assets, improve workflow, and make data-driven decisions.

ACS In Progress

 Mechanical control logs and PM schedules for all equipment.

 Implementing Dude Solutions®, a cloud-based operations

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Achievements and Spotlights 2018 Outstanding Teachers of the Year STACY VALCOURT

FERRISBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL

Stacy Valcourt has been giving her heart and soul to educating students with learning challenges for 18 years as part of the ANWSD community. Stacy always puts the needs of her students first. She is consistently pursuing new trainings within the field of Special Education so her students have the latest access interventions that will help them meet their individual learning needs. She has been an outstanding mentor and role model for peers and students; she also brings infectious energy and enthusiasm every day to the ANWSD community. She inspires her students and colleagues to be their best that they can be and is always willing to help others and continue to try new methods to meet the needs of all learners.

MELISSA MUZZY

VERGENNES UNION HIGH SCHOOL

Melissa is an exemplary teacher. She plans and prepares diligently for every class. As a result, her lessons and activities are thoughtful and engaging. She instills a passion for science, she personalizes, she has an open mindset and continues to grow as a teacher, she tries new things, she is patient (she works with middle schoolers!), she's interactive, she inspires kids to go on and study more science, she knows kids and plays to their strengths while helping them recognize, and address their weaknesses.

Most of all, she makes kids realize that they are special. For all these reasons and more, Melissa Muzzy is the Vergennes Union Middle and High School Outstanding Teacher.

Ferrisburgh Central School fifth and sixth grade teacher JUDY ELSON has been nominated for the 2018-2019 National LifeChanger of the Year award Ms. Elson was recognized as a LifeChanger in her community for her dedication to her school’s sustainability program. She coordinates with kitchen staff to plant vegetables, prepares the garden using cafeteria compost, and organizes parents to help during the summer so that students returning to school in September can enjoy the fresh harvest in their lunches.

Ms. Elson also works tirelessly writing grants so her students can experience science in nature, traveling to quarries, whale watches, recycling centers, lakes, and streams. Her students are so engaged in science, and they understand why the scientific method is important for all to know because she connects science to their everyday life experiences. .

The FCS Spelling Bee Team won the ANWSD competition by a very narrow margin and came in 3rd out of 6 at the regional competition in November. (Pictured with VUES team)

Last spring, these FCS students were selected to participate in the District Music Festival: Cal Gramling, chorus; Matilda Seyler, chorus; Kimari Collins, chorus & band

In the spring of 2018, Nora Nelson, FCS, won the regional Knights of Columbus Poster contest for Drug Prevention.

In October, The ACS 5th and 6th graders participated in a writing contest called the Spooky Saga, sponsored by Young Writers, USA, which asked them to compose a scary story in no more than 100 words. Several of our students’ work has been chosen for publication in the Spooky Sagas - Vermont volume, which will come out in February 2019. Addison Central School will receive a complimentary copy of the book, and it will be added to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.! ~ 34 ~

Performers, Una Fonte and Sam Michaels performed in a musical production of Anne of Green Gables. The two did a remarkable job to a sold out crowd for 4 consecutive shows collaborating with other people ages 8-80 from around Addison County. We are proud of the diversified interests of our middle schoolers.

VUHS RECOGNITIONS HOBY Youth Leadership Delegates Every year, each high school in the United States may choose at least one sophomore to represent them at their state’s Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership (HOBY) Conference. This year, Vergennes Union High School’s HOBY Ambassadors are Aidan Gebo and Lexi Montgomery.

New England Young Writers Conference Congratulations to the following students who have been accepted to represent Vergennes Union High School at The New England Young Writers Conference at Breadloaf in May 2019.

Sugarbush Student Achievement Program Each year Sugarbush Resort offers VUHS students full seasons pass to ski or ride at their resort. This offer is based upon academic achievement from the previous year. To be eligible, a student must achieve High Honors for three marking periods in the previous academic year. Students are eligible when they are in grades 10-12. Congratulations to the following students.

Addie Brooks, Jack Halpin, Alder Donovan, Shamus Hayes, Emily Rooney, Nate DeVos, Marlie Hunt, Marin Howell, Ava Collins, Alexyss McKinnon, Cheyenne Jewett Alternates: Erich Reitz, Kaleigh Campbell, Rebecca Kachmar, Ben Huston

Jenna Abbey-Lowell, Luke Bergmans, Ian Brons, Adelaide Brooks, Leah Croke, Benjamin Curtis, Sophia Davis, Xander DeBlois, Bethany Delgadillo, Aidan Gebo, Bess Gramling, Sophie Hatch, Marlie Hunt, Emma Jackman, Emily Jackson, Reagan Kayhart, Hannah Kelly, Kobe Kessler, Jordan Kimball, Wade Mullin, Ezekiel Palmer, Rory Patch, Hannah Philbrook, Anna Rakowski, Emily Rooney, Madeline Smith, Pearl Sutton, Brianna VanderWey, Kai Williams, Cedar Winslow

VUHS Students Compete in American Legion Speech Contest (Spring 2018) “Amendment 1 and Free Speech; The Gold Standard for America” earned Vergennes Union High School senior Mason Charlebois 2nd place. At an Iraqis-American youth event, he made the acquaintance of an Iraqi teen whose father was still in prison for voicing his opinion in Iraq. This experience helped clarify Mason’s appreciation for the First Amendment and what it means in American democracy.

Mathcounts Success at the State Meet On Saturday, March 17, 2018 the Vergennes Middle School Mathcounts team made up of Keaton St. Martin, Parker Kayhart, Sydney Adreon, and Bethany Bresnick took fourth place in the state. Answering questions that would make older students weep; our young Commodores persevered and brought home more hardware. Rock on Mathletes!

Adelaide Brooks, a VUHS sophomore, took 3rd place with her speech, “Changing America with the First Amendment”.

Using Eleanor Roosevelt and other noted American women throughout history, Adelaide gave examples of how the First Amendment provided these women with a platform to promote advances in worker rights and influence issues of equality. For Adelaide, these vocal women leaders stood as a model for her engagement in civic discourse with her contemporaries.

Congratulations to the VUHS Math Team for a great season!

They placed 3rd overall for the 17-18 school year!

Kai Williams placed 1st overall for the Greater Burlington Math Team League for the 17-18 school year. This is a huge honor. Make sure you check out his plaque in the trophy case. Kai also tied for the top student in the Arithmetic Category for the year.

Our top two students for each category were: Arithmetic: Kai Williams, Leah Croke & Norah Deming (Tied) Geometry: Xander DeBlois, Tommy Lawrence Algebra: Kai Williams & Connor Gill Advanced Math: Kai Williams, Connor Gill & Megan Tarte (Tied) Our top scorers for the year were: 5th: Megan Tarte; 4th: Ian Brons; 3rd: Connor Gill; 2nd: Xander DeBlois; 1st: Kai Williams

DAR Good Citizen Award Each year a Vergennes Union High School senior is chosen for the DAR Good Citizen Award by faculty members nominating three seniors and then the senior class elects one of those three as their Good Citizen. DAR is sponsored by the local Daughters of the American Revolution, Seth Warner-Rhoda Farrand Chapter and is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The DAR Good Citizen Award recognizes a student that possesses the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism to an outstanding degree. We are proud to announce that the 2019 DAR Good Citizen is Kylie Comeau.

2018 Knights of Columbus Poster Contest Winners Reese Gernander - 1st Place, Ila Collette - 2nd Place, Carlyn Rapoport - 3rd Place

Math team members for participating in all five math team meets for the 17-18 Season: Jack Stearns, Dylan Rapoport, Morgan Lynk, Connor Gill, Raven Duke, Sepehr Belar, Kai Williams, Tommy Lawrence & Reagan Kayhart!

Junior Iron Chef Team Defends Their Title Our VUHS Middle School Team, “Jalapeno Hotties,” represented by Audrey Delp, Audrey Tembreull, Abigail Goodyear, Olivia Wyckoff, and Brooke Bolduc - again won the Jr. Iron Chef Competition in MArch 2018 and defended their title in the same “Mise en Place” category. As the judges described,” The Panna Cotta was delicious, beet puree was amazing - light and fresh, perfect sizing, beautiful color, and

Seniors who participated on Math Team all 4 years: Norah Deming, Kristina Jochum, Erin Lawrence and Ethan Sausville.

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visually beautiful.” They worked so well together and represented our school with the biggest honor.

Parker Kayhart - Trombone Gideon Palmer - Drums (3rd year!)

2018 Girls State Delegates These students went to the Randolph campus of Vermont Tech June 16-21, where they learned about Vermont town, county and state government. Congratulations to Paiton Tolmer, Ashley Cray, Emily Jackson, and alternate Marin Howell.

GMMD Concert Band Maddie Laberge - Flute Sam Michaels - Clarinet Kimari Collins - Trumpet Parker Kayhart - Trombone 1-1 Reese Gernander - Trombone Xavier DeBlois - Trombone Gideon Palmer - Percussion 1-1 Cal Gramling - Percussion

2018 Boys’ State Delegates Vergennes American Legion Post #14 sponsored four VUHS delegates to Green Mountain Boys’ State held June 17-22, 2018 on the campus of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont: Sepehr Belar, Jack Halpin, Wade Mullin, and Dylan Rapoport. The alternate for this year is Zeke Palmer. The boys were nominated by faculty and staff based on leadership, scholarship and citizenship.

Congratulations to the VUHS Symphonic Band students who were accepted, by audition, to the Green Mountain Music District Honor Band. The festival and concerts are February 1, 2019 at the College of St. Joseph.

Flute: Anna Rakowski, Emma Bryant, Adelaide Brooks Clarinet: Bess Gramling (1-1 Principal!), Leah Croke Bass Clarinet: Trudy Cosgrove Bassoon: Kai Williams Tenor Saxophone: Erich Reitz, Allie Croke Baritone Saxophone: Ashley Tierney French Horn: Xander DeBlois Percussion: Alisdair Chauvin "Anything Goes" A standing ovation goes to the students, parents/guardians, and members of the Vergennes community for an awesome production of the musical "Anything Goes". The singing, dancing, acting, pit orchestra, technical crews, costumes, sets, props, hair & make up, meals, tickets, and advertising was tremendous for the past 10 weeks.

Senior Walk-A-Thon The VUHS Class of 2019 had a very successful walk-a-thon on October 15th for many, many reasons. Thank you to all the parents/guardians, relatives, and community friends who supported the seniors by pledging and making delicious sandwiches. It was a walk to remember for all involved. With $4000+ raised for Love Your Brain and Zeno Mountain Farm, this and many other walk-a-thons are successful because of so many people, but one person in particular, Lee Shorey, is the one who once again made it happen. She spends countless hours preparing for this event every year and is the reason why this successful tradition goes on year after year at VUHS. Thanks Lee! And thanks seniors!

Multiple Students Sleep-Out to End Homelessness The Fifth Annual Sleep-Out to End Homelessness was December 1st by the falls in Middlebury. Walden has supported the John Graham shelter and their efforts for many years by asking for donations and participation in the sleep-out. Thank you to students of the Walden Project, and Robbie Bicknell and Jeffery Stearns for participating again this past December and raising money to support our local shelter.

Hannaford Career Center Quarter 2 (Winter 2017-18) Outstanding Students.

Congratulations to Emily Jackson for being chosen as the outstanding student in Sustainable Agriculture at the career center.

The latest edition of “The Trade” honors five of our students as “Third Quarter (2018) Outstanding Students” - Dominic Fleming, Howie VanderWey, Cedar Winslow, Jordan Yandow, and Michael Davis. Congrats to all and thanks for representing VUHS so well. Also, pictured on the last page are Brodie Martin and Emily Jackson working in the career center greenhouse.

Symphonic Band & Concert Choir Congratulations to our Vergennes Union High School musicians who were accepted, by audition, to the Vermont All State Music Festival. This is a very big deal! Bravo! The festival was held May 10-12, 2018 at Essex High School.

Kai Williams - Violin - All State Orchestra Bess Gramling - Clarinet - All State Band Addie Brooks, Kamren Kiefer, Sam Rathbun, Maddy Smith, Caitlin Walsh - All State Chorus

The latest edition of “The Trade” (May 2018) honors several members of our Vergennes FFA Chapter as they recently competed at the FFA State Convention. You should also note that several of our students are state FFA officers (Breanna DeSmit, Emily Jackson, and Brianna VanderWey). Congrats to all and thanks for representing VUHS so well.

VT All State Scholarship Composition Results Receiving an Honorable: Kai Williams for his piece ‘Tightening’ for Concert Band. Kai's composition was performed by the VUHS Symphonic Band at the March 27, 2018 concert.

National Technical Honor Society Congratulations to the following students who were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society on March 27, 2018 at the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center: Benjamin Clark, Cody DeVries, Jacob Gonyeau, Jameson Haggett, Emily Jackson, Erin Lawrence, Madeline Smith, Cedar Winslow The criteria for induction is an “A” average in the Career Center program, a B average in overall academics, evidence of community service, and recommendation by instructor for overall presentation - character, leadership, helps others in

Congratulations to the middle school band students who were accepted to the Green Mountain District Honor Ensembles for 2019!

GMMD Jazz Ensemble Xavier DeBlois - Trombone ~ 36 ~

the classroom or field, shows remarkable development in attitude, commitment, pursuing excellence, etc. Often these students are also involved with co-curriculars at their high school, work a part-time job, compete in Skills USA, and are involved with FFA.

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National Honor Society Congratulations to the 2018-2019 inductees into the National Honor Society.

12th grade: Sepehr Belar, Ashley Cray, Sarah Peterson, Hannah Philbrook, Sydney Tarte, Brianna VanderWey and Carter Visicaro 11th grade: Brianna Billings, Addie Brooks, Leah Croke, Sophie Hatch, Marlie Hunt, Rory Patch, Emily Rooney, Kai Williams

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National Honor Society Congratulations to NHS members, Ben Praamsma, Norah Deming, and Kristina Jochum for participating in the Penguin Plunge on Saturday, February 3, 2018 and raising almost $900 for the Special Olympics! Thanks for making VUHS proud!

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VUHS National Honor Society Students Volunteer at the Bixby Library Jane Spencer, Director at the Bixby Library, wanted to thank the VUHS National Honor Society students who volunteered their time the other day. “What a terrific group and what a tremendous amount they accomplished today. We had 13 students. One student entered data into a spreadsheet, two students photographed and numbered artifacts, a group worked on creating thumbnail photos, and another group worked on designing a data presentation. Some students have expressed an interest in coming back to do more and I hope we are able to arrange that! Jess Robinson, the Vermont State Archaeologist, stopped by while the students were here and he was able to answer a few questions. He was very excited about the VUHS involvement.

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Kudos to Ian Brons Ian was nominated by Rachel Plant at the Bixby Library for his volunteer work. This write-up was in the Thursday, April 19, 2018 edition of the Addison Independent. Congratulations Ian and thank you for your time and dedication to this wonderful community resource.

The NRA World Shooting Championships This event was held at the Peacemaker National Training Center in West Virginia this past week, September 20-22. This is a three day, 12 stage competition, ranging from steel plates to long range. On Saturday night, September 22, Michael Davis was announced as the NRA Junior World Shooting Champion. Congratulations Michael!

Heroin Epidemic Learning Program (H.E.L.P.) Awards Ceremony - Wednesday, May 2nd, 6-7 pm at the Vergennes Opera House The United Way of Addison County debuted all of the student-made public service announcements (PSAs) relating to the heroin epidemic in Vermont. The 2018 winning PSA and team were announced and the VUHS team of Olivia Hawkins, Becca Kachmar, and Addie Brooks placed second. Congrats team!

Sports • The Vergennes 4x800 relay team consisting of Spencer Hurlburt, Xander Deblois, Gabe Praamsma & Wade ~ 37 ~

Mullin won the Division II State Indoor Track Championship.

The Wrestling Team who placed first in the JV state tournament held at Spaulding High School on Saturday, February 17, 2018.

The Cheerleading Team who placed 4th overall in Division 1 at the state meet held at Vergennes Union High School on Saturday, February 17, 2018.

Girls’ Cross-Country - While the girls didn’t have enough members to score as a team this season, individually they always placed within the Top 50 in Division 2. Ashley Cray and Emma Beauchemin were the team’s fastest runners at least once this season and posted the best average 5k times, being separated from each other by .04 of a second. Grace LeBeau posted the fastest overall time of the season and third fastest in the program’s history with a 22:49 at the Conference Championship at Missisquoi.

Boys’ Cross-Country - Riding their ability to run as a group (the top 5 scoring runners were always within 1:09 of each other), the boys made up for a slow start very quickly. Lead by Wade Mullin and Ben Huston, the boys averaged a 4th place finish in Division 2 as a team for the season. While Wade and Ben had great seasons, the consistent running of Spencer Hurlburt, Gabe Praamsma and Erich Reitz made all the difference in the team’s success. Luke Bergmans and Chris Therrien, the remaining members of the boys’ varsity team showed consistent running and strong improvement, each getting under 20 minutes for their fastest 5k times.

Fall Rowing Results -2018 James Wakefield Rescue Row At the Burlington Waterfront on Saturday, October 6th, the VUHS rowers were ready to participate with 15 other teams. With 6 first place titles up for grabs, the VUHS team took 3 firsts, 1 second, and 1 third.

In the experience 6 oar division, the team of Nathan DeVos, Zeke Clark, Mitch Clark, Shamus Hayes, Aidan Gardner, Michael Davis, and Jackson Hameline took first place.

Marin Howell, Dylan Rapoport, Devon Coleman, Ben Clark, and Robert Verburg took top honors in the 4 Oar Division.

Alex Rice, Emily Brinkman, Addie and Olivia Brooks, and Karyn Kenfield were first in the Novice 4 Oar Division.

Jack Chaput, Dakota Loven, Josh Delgadillo, Adam Clark, Ryan Barringer, Zachary Botala, and Evan Ambrose (aka Sprout) took second in the Intermediate 6 Oar Division.

Finishing in third was the team of Calvin Gramling, Noah Letendre, Jacob Kehoe, and Evan Rakowski in the Novice 4 Oar Division.

Head of the Weir - Competing in Boston on Saturday, October 20th with schools from all over New England, the Vergennes Rowers were able to place three teams in the top ten positions.

Congratulations to the team of Nathan “Who stayed in the Boat ” Devos, Zeke Clark, Mitch Clark, Zach Botala, Mike Davis, Jackson Hameline and Aidan Gardner, who took first place for Vergennes.

The team of Bethany Delgadillo, Dylan Rapoport, Devon Coleman, Brianna VanderWey, Ben Clark, Richmond Rathbun and Robert Verburg finished in third place.

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Rounding out the top 10 was the Vergennes crew of Claire Austin, Addie Brooks, Karyn Kenfield, Emily Brinkman, Olivia Brooks, Una Fonte and Kaitlyn Little.

2018 Otter Creek Challenge - At the falls in Vergennes on Saturday, November 3rd, the VUHS rowers were ready to defend their home turf.

Starting the day, the undefeated 6 Oar Division Team of Nathan Devos, Zeke Clark, Mitch Clark, Holden Clark, Aidan Gardner, Michael Davis, and Jackson Hameline continued their winning ways by capturing first place by well over two minutes to their closest competitors.

Finishing third in the same division was the team of Bethany Delgadillo, Brianna VanderWey, Dylan Rapoport, Devon Coleman, Ben Clark, and Robert Verburg.

Jack Chaput, Dakota Loven, Shamus Hayes, Adam Clark, and Ryan Barringer took second in the Intermediate 4 Oar Division.

Finishing second in the Novice 4 Oar Division was the team of Colby Martin, Calvin Gramling, Noah Letendre, Evan Rakowski, and Dakota Loven.

Northeast Regional Rowing Championships - Traveling to Boston on November 16 to participate in the All-New England Youth Rowing Championships where there were well over 350 rowers, the Vergennes teams brought home lots of BLING! Congrats to the team of Nathan DeVos, Zeke, Mitch, and Holden Clark, Mike Davis, Jackson Hameline and Aidan Gardner who placed 2nd in the Experienced Six Oar Division by less than 4 seconds from the top team. The same crew reeling from just missing top honors put together an amazing Nautical Mile race and came out on top, becoming the best high school team in New England for 2018.

The team of Bethany Delgadillo, Brianna VanderWey, Devon Coleman, Ben Clark, and Richmond Rathbun also had an impressive day by finishing second in the Intermediate Four Oar Division.

In the Intermediate Six Oar Division, the team of Jack Chaput, Adam Clark, Dakota Loven, Robert Verburg, Shamus Hayes, Colby Martin, and Ryan Baringer took top honors in the Nautical Mile.

Not to be outdone by the high school team, the middle school put together their own winning

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teams, finishing first and second in the Nautical Mile. The crew of Stephen Barcomb, Caden Howell, Jasmine Little, Jonas Amerson, Maria Delgadillo, Jackson Coffey, Noah Letendre, and Owen Fonte took top honors. The crew of Jacob Kehoe, Ethan Payne-Vinick, Evan Ambrose, Matilda Seyler, Carter Brown, Jackson Becher, Evan Rakowski, Eyon Tembreull, and Jasmine Little were second.

VUHS Girls High School Soccer -Congratulations to the girls’ varsity soccer team (fall 2018) for winning in the semifinal round of the playoffs. They won 2-1 in double overtime against Oxbow. They played in the Division III State Championship on Saturday, November 3rd and despite a valiant effort came up short against Thetford, losing 2-1. Great effort girls!

VUHS Boys High School Soccer - Varsity Boys’ Soccer Team Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month - The Varsity Boys’ Soccer team wore pink uniforms in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. With the help of parents, they collected money at half-time to donate to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Congratulations to the boys’ varsity soccer team (fall 2018) for winning two playoff games this fall and making it all the way to the semifinals. Great effort boys!

HOme of the Commodores!

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GRADUATION RATE: 95%

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2018-19 Teacher Salary Scale

2018-19 Support Staff Step & Grade Table Step 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Level 1 $ 11.11 $ 11.46 $ 12.41 $ 12.75 $ 13.10 $ 13.46 $ 13.83 $ 14.21 $ 14.60 $ 15.01 $ 15.43 $ 15.86 $ 16.31 $ 16.77 $ 17.25 $ 17.74 $ 18.25 $ 18.77 $ 19.31 $ 19.87

Level 2 $ 11.69 $ 12.04 $ 12.99 $ 13.34 $ 13.71 $ 14.09 $ 14.48 $ 14.88 $ 15.30 $ 15.73 $ 16.17 $ 16.63 $ 17.10 $ 17.59 $ 18.09 $ 18.61 $ 19.15 $ 19.70 $ 20.27 $ 20.86

Level 3 $ 12.58 $ 12.93 $ 13.88 $ 14.26 $ 14.66 $ 15.07 $ 15.49 $ 15.93 $ 16.38 $ 16.84 $ 17.32 $ 17.81 $ 18.32 $ 18.85 $ 19.39 $ 19.95 $ 20.53 $ 21.13 $ 21.75 $ 22.39

Level 4 $ 15.80 $ 16.15 $ 17.10 $ 17.59 $ 18.09 $ 18.61 $ 19.15 $ 19.70 $ 20.27 $ 20.86 $ 21.47 $ 22.10 $ 22.75 $ 23.42 $ 24.11 $ 24.83 $ 25.57 $ 26.33 $ 27.12 $ 27.93

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Currently, both Bargaining Units are in the midst of negotiations for the 2019-20 school year.

Legend Level 1: Level 2: Level 3: Level 4:

Para educators I & Child Nutrition Para educators II, Custodial, & Administrative Assistant Para educators III Para educators IV

Enrollments District Enrollment History Enrollment

1400 1300 1200 1100 1000 900 800 700

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

District Total 1285

1239

1243

1206

1162

1155

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1144

1112

1048

1016

985

914

894

892

2018 – 19 Enrollment by Grade/School (as of October 1, 2018) K

1

2

3

4

5

6

K-6 Ttl

ACS

13

11

9

7

7

11

8

66

FCS

13

15

16

21

12

18

27

122

VUES

32

33

31

34

31

35

33

229

VUHS ANWSD

58

59

56

62

50

64

68

7

8

9

10

11

12

70

85

67

95

72

86

417

7-12 Ttl K-12 Ttl

475 475

892

Enrollment History by Grade/School 20

35

Addison Central School

18 16

25

14 12 10 8

2012-13

20

2015-16

15

2018-19

6

2012-13 2015-16 2018-19

10

4

5

2

0

0 K

1

2

3

4

5

K

6 140

60 50

Ferrisburgh Cental School

30

Vergennes Union Elementary School

1

2

3

4

5

6

Vergennes Union High School

120 100

40 2012-13 30

2015-16

2015-16

60

2018-19

20

2012-13

80

2018-19

40

10

20

0

0 K

1

2

3

4

5

7

6 ~ 42 ~

8

9

10

11

12

Budget Highlights 2020 At a School Board meeting in November 2018, the ANWSD Board provided administration with guidance concerning budget parameters. The administration was asked to prepare a Level Program budget (all of the personnel, supports and programs that currently exist), a Level Funded budget (the same dollar amount as in FY 19), and a third budget scenario represented current program goals and priorities (“Strategic Budget”). After the initial presentation of these scenarios, the Board directed administration to reduce the Strategic Budget by an additional $500,000 to ensure that this budget was less than the “Level Program” budget.

The Strategic Budget that will be presented to the community maintains all programs currently offered. Our Strategic Budget includes investments to improve student outcomes in alignment with our District vision for learning while also reducing unneeded positions through attrition. In addition, the budget represents energy savings due to the investments made to our facilities through the bond. Some of the reductions are as follows:

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Reduction of two professional positions through attrition Reduced 1.1 FTE of several other professional teaching positions based on declining enrollment Reduced energy costs based on facilities investments Reduced “special projects” due to facilities improvements

We continue to look for ways to address quality, efficiencies, and cost-effective strategies to maintain and enhance learning opportunities for our students. This will continue to be a challenge for us as we continue to see our student population decline. We appreciate the communities continued support for the work we do with students and to balance the needs of our taxpayers as well.

2016 - 2019 Budget Comparison $24,000,000 $22,000,000 $20,000,000 $18,000,000 $16,000,000 $14,000,000 $12,000,000 $10,000,000 Total Budgeted

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020 Proposed Strategic

$21,159,752

$20,768,262

$21,116,289

$21,106,261

$22,139,341

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Equalized Pupils / Budget Comparison Equalized Pupil History for the District 1200.00 1100.00 1000.00 900.00 800.00 700.00 600.00 500.00 400.00 300.00 200.00 100.00 0.00 Equalized Pupils

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

FY20*

1126.27

1090.50

1019.65

979.12

962.13

*Equalized pupil numbers for FY 20 are estimated and will not be finalized until after the Annual Report goes to print.

FY 17 Budget

FY 18 Budget

FY 17 - 18 % Change

FY 19 Budget

FY 18 - 19 % Change

FY 20 Budget

FY 19 - 20 % Change

Local Expenditures

$20,768,262.00

$2,116,289.00

1.68%

$21,106,261.00

-0.048%

$22,139,341.00

4.89%

Local Revenues

$3,315,849.00

$3,400,593.00

2.56%

$3,810,671.00

12.06%

$3,662,303.00

-3.89%

Net Local Ed. Spending

$17,452,413.00

$17,715,696.00

1.51%

$17,295,590.00

-2.37%

$18,477,038.00

6.83%

1059.38

1019.65

-3.75%

979.12

-3.98%

*962.13

-1.74%

$16,474.00

$17,374.00

5.46%

$17,664.00

1.67%

$19,204.00

8.72%

Equalized Pupils Ed. Spending/Eq. Pupil

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FY 20 Budget Process and Timeline October 15, 2018

Special Education Service Plan due

October, 2018

Principals establish budget development process with staff Business manager establishes budget development process with principals

November, 2018

Budget Presentation #1 - 1) Level Funded; 2)Level Program; 3) Strategic Budget Administration receives budget guidance from ANWSD Board

December, 2018

Budget Presentation #2 Board reviews Superintendent Procedures for class size

January 14, 2019

Budget Presentation #3

January 24, 2019

Budget Presentation #4

February 25, 2019

ANWSD Annual Meeting at 6 PM at Vergennes Union High School

March 5, 2019

Town Meeting and vote by Australian ballot

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Addison Northwest School District 2019-2020 Budget Proposed Expenditures

Account Number / Description 1100 Direct Instruction-Regular Education 1102 Direct Instruction-Art 1105 Direct Instruction-Language Arts 1106 Direct Instruction-World Language 1107 Direct Instruction-Health Education 1108 Direct Instruction-Physical Education 1111 Direct Instruction-Math 1112 Direct Instruction-Music 1113 Direct Instruction-Science 1115 Direct Instruction-Social Studies 1116 Direct Instruction-STEM Program 1119 Direct Instruction-English Language Learner 1121 Direct Instruction-Driver's Education 1124 Direct Instruction-Walden Project 1125 Direct Instruction-Integrated Technology 1127 Direct Instruction-Summer/Afterschool 1165 Direct Instruction-Middle School 1400 CoCurricular Activity 1568 Technical Center 2100 Support Services-Students 2120 Guidance Services 2130 Health Services 2150 Speech Pathology/Audiology Services 2160 Occupational/Physical Therapy Services 2190 Other Support Services-Summer/Afterschool 2210 Curriculum Development Services 2211 Improvement of Instruction Services 2213 Instructional Staff Training Services 2220 Educational Media Services 2222 School Library Services 2300 Support Services-District Administration 2310 Board of Education Services 2313 Board Treasurer Services 2317 Audit Services 2321 Office of the Superintendent Services 2410 Office of the Principal Services 2415 Office of the Principal Special Events 2490 Other School Area Administration 2500 Business Support-Human Resources 2520 Fiscal Services 2580 Administrative Technology Services 2590 Other Support Services-Health/Wellness 2600 Operation & Maintenance of Plant Services 2660 Security Services 2700 Student Transportation Services 2711 Student Transportation-To/From School

2017/2018 Actuals (Audited)

2017/2018 Budgeted

2018/2019 Budgeted

2019/2020 Proposed

$ 6,816,975.00 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 21,818.00 $ $ 396.00 $ $ 41,975.00 $ $ 279,598.00 $ 761,982.00 $ 523,786.00 $ 628,752.00 $ 256,149.00 $ $ 3,408.00 $ 44,227.00 $ 114,699.00 $ 8,297.00 $ 151.00 $ 50,602.00 $ 162,104.00 $ 248,713.00 $ 103,129.00 $ 3,230.00 $ 45,200.00 $ 260,030.00 $ 958,374.00 $ 2,471.00 $ $ 90,580.00 $ 342,615.00 $ 469,612.00 $ 21,881.00 $ 1,759,632.00 $ 4,750.00 $ $ 556,621.00

$ 7,071,026.00 $ $ 46,874.00 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 56,500.00 $ $ 290,773.00 $ 747,699.00 $ 443,744.00 $ 557,167.00 $ 266,738.00 $ 4,000.00 $ $ 31,249.00 $ 164,373.00 $ $ $ 45,553.00 $ 147,618.00 $ 196,410.00 $ 45,237.00 $ $ 42,000.00 $ 261,991.00 $ 969,161.00 $ $ $ 77,973.00 $ 311,761.00 $ 191,017.00 $ 29,771.00 $ 1,869,673.00 $ 4,272.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 597,860.00

$ 6,555,783.00 $ 4,300.00 $ 2,277.00 $ 2,416.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 13,160.00 $ 1,655.00 $ 18,398.00 $ 8,146.00 $ 5,433.00 $ 4,224.00 $ 33,760.00 $ 4,200.00 $ 20,960.00 $ $ 41,148.00 $ 12,094.00 $ 318,394.00 $ 791,816.00 $ 499,924.00 $ 639,043.00 $ 258,223.00 $ $ 2,100.00 $ 50,246.00 $ 161,320.00 $ 19,284.00 $ 434.00 $ 59,767.00 $ 175,837.00 $ 166,355.00 $ 78,892.00 $ 3,259.00 $ 43,000.00 $ 271,531.00 $ 925,111.00 $ $ $ 102,321.00 $ 355,469.00 $ 577,206.00 $ 12,756.00 $ 1,792,927.00 $ 4,325.00 $ $ 625,519.00

$ 6,500,509.00 $ 4,416.00 $ 4,600.00 $ 2,818.00 $ 500.00 $ 13,550.00 $ 11,730.00 $ 16,990.00 $ 10,821.00 $ 5,780.00 $ 4,800.00 $ 47,313.00 $ 4,139.00 $ 30,770.00 $ 1,042.00 $ 38,914.00 $ 18,720.00 $ 389,634.00 $ 840,992.00 $ 830,944.00 $ 650,804.00 $ 265,465.00 $ 500.00 $ 4,709.00 $ 72,320.00 $ 137,077.00 $ 27,727.00 $ $ 43,898.00 $ 205,615.00 $ 133,534.00 $ 94,832.00 $ 3,273.00 $ 43,269.00 $ 273,875.00 $ 1,019,642.00 $ 2,727.00 $ 24,548.00 $ 119,010.00 $ 433,858.00 $ 667,927.00 $ 49,423.00 $ 1,850,073.00 $ 5,544.00 $ $ 715,345.00

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Difference

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

(55,274.00) 116.00 2,323.00 402.00 (500.00) 390.00 10,075.00 (1,408.00) 2,675.00 347.00 576.00 13,553.00 (61.00) 9,810.00 1,042.00 (2,234.00) 6,626.00 71,240.00 49,176.00 331,020.00 11,761.00 7,242.00 500.00 2,609.00 22,074.00 (24,243.00) 8,443.00 (434.00) (15,869.00) 29,778.00 (32,821.00) 15,940.00 14.00 269.00 2,344.00 94,531.00 2,727.00 24,548.00 16,689.00 78,389.00 90,721.00 36,667.00 57,146.00 1,219.00 89,826.00

2017/2018 Actuals (Audited)

2017/2018 Budgeted

2018/2019 Budgeted

2019/2020 Proposed

Difference

2720 Student Transportation-CoCurricular 2790 Transportation-Other 3100 Child Nutrition Operations 5000 Other Uses 5100 Debt Services 5300 Fund Transfers-Outgoing 001 Total General Operating Fund

$ 79,231.00 $ 1,508.00 $ $ 595,930.00 $ 177,149.00 $ 289,738.00 $ 15,725,313.00

$ 75,001.00 $ $ 125,000.00 $ 770,274.00 $ 195,410.00 $ $15,638,125.00

$ 85,855.00 $ 7,700.00 $ $ $ 931,763.00 $ 200,000.00 $ 15,889,331.00

$ 104,479.00 $ $ $ $ 955,566.00 $ 200,000.00 $16,884,022.00

$ 18,624.00 $ (7,700.00) $ $ $ 23,803.00 $ $ 994,691.00

1100 Direct Instruction-Regular Education 1200 Direct Instruction-Special Education 2150 Speech Pathology/Audiology Services 2160 Occupational/Physical Therapy Services 2600 Operation & Maintenance of Plant Services 2711 Student Transportation-To/From School 004 Total Preschool Program Fund

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

1200 Direct Instruction-Special Education 2140 Psychological Services 2150 Speech Pathology/Audiology Services 2160 Occupational/Physical Therapy Services 2190 Other Support Services-Students 2420 Special Education Administration Services 2711 Student Transportation-To/From School 050 Special Education Fund

$ 3,188,123.00 $ 103,279.00 $ 301,737.00 $ 65,806.00 $ 240.00 $ 164,647.00 $ 139,277.00 $ 3,963,109.00

$ 4,001,109.00 $ 75,519.00 $ 393,671.00 $ 68,500.00 $ $ 169,903.00 $ 125,332.00 $ 4,834,034.00

$ 3,746,593.00 $ 148,587.00 $ 355,231.00 $ 72,984.00 $ $ 171,784.00 $ 161,200.00 $ 4,656,379.00

$ 3,636,561.00 $ 153,758.00 $ 369,441.00 $ 68,850.00 $ $ 175,652.00 $ 214,252.00 $ 4,618,514.00

$ (110,032.00) $ 5,171.00 $ 14,210.00 $ (4,134.00) $ $ 3,868.00 $ 53,052.00 $ (37,865.00)

GRAND TOTAL *

$ 20,240,928.00

$21,116,289.00

$ 21,106,261.00

$22,139,341.00

$ 1,033,080.00

203,100.00 243,249.00 86,924.00 11,840.00 7,393.00 552,506.00

253,940.00 280,551.00 94,574.00 10,850.00 3,965.00 250.00 644,130.00

234,442.00 216,481.00 95,913.00 12,500.00 965.00 250.00 560,551.00

233,524.00 255,555.00 95,905.00 12,200.00 16,371.00 23,250.00 636,805.00

* The FY18 Audit includes an Expense of $37,779 in addition to this figure shown. This is the Net amount of the four revenue items on the Proposed Revenue Page.

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(918.00) 39,074.00 (8.00) (300.00) 15,406.00 23,000.00 76,254.00

Addison Northwest School District 2019-2020 Budget Proposed Revenue 2017/2018 Actuals (Audited)

2017/2018 Budgeted

2018/2019 Budgeted

2019/2020 Proposed

Difference

Account Number / Description 41510 Interest Income 41910 Facility Rental 41941 Services to Other VT LEA's 41990 Miscellaneous Local Income 41992 Background Check Income 41993 Student Activity Reimbursement 41996 Erate Reimbursement 43115 Un-Enrolled Tech Center Students 43145 Small Schools Grant 43150 State Transportation Aid 43282 Driver's Education Reimbursement 43308 Vocational Transportation Reimbursement 43370 High School Completion 43204 Essential Early Education Grant 43201 SPED Mainstream Block Grant 43202 SPED Expenditures Reimbursement 43203 SPED Extraordinary Reimbursement 43205 State Placed Reimbursement 45400 Adjustment of Prior Year Expenditures * 45720 VSBIT Refunds/Insurance Proceeds * 45900 Indirect Revenue * 45910 Rebates-Efficiency Vermont * Total Non-Education Spending Revenues

$ 41,991.00 $ 1,106.00 $ 3,208.00 $ 7,578.00 $ 1,609.00 $ 2,503.00 $ $ 4,904.00 $ 84,512.00 $ 216,301.00 $ 8,589.00 $ 27,113.00 $ 12,735.00 $ 72,224.00 $ 407,555.00 $ 1,690,387.00 $ 255,056.00 $ 23,859.00 $ (49,779.00) $ 1,000.00 $ 6,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 2,823,451.00

$ 5,000.00 $ $ $ 11,500.00 $ $ $ $ $ 84,512.00 $ 215,505.00 $ 4,500.00 $ 27,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 72,224.00 $ 722,440.00 $ 1,902,174.00 $ $ 45,000.00 $ $ $ $ $ 3,090,855.00

$ 6,016.00 $ 660.00 $ $ 9,664.00 $ 150.00 $ $ $ $ 84,512.00 $ 216,303.00 $ 5,270.00 $ 26,200.00 $ 600.00 $ 67,481.00 $ 379,435.00 $ 2,085,320.00 $ 280,919.00 $ $ $ $ $ $ 3,162,530.00

$ 21,362.00 $ 1,215.00 $ $ 5,326.00 $ 967.00 $ 2,727.00 $ 25,800.00 $ 3,678.00 $ 84,512.00 $ 216,303.00 $ 5,625.00 $ 27,597.00 $ 14,498.00 $ 69,140.00 $ 387,657.00 $ 2,091,354.00 $ 232,990.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ $ 11,360.00 $ $ 3,232,111.00

$ 15,346.00 $ 555.00 $ $ (4,338.00) $ 817.00 $ 2,727.00 $ 25,800.00 $ 3,678.00 $ $ $ 355.00 $ 1,397.00 $ 13,898.00 $ 1,659.00 $ 8,222.00 $ 6,034.00 $ (47,929.00) $ 30,000.00 $ $ $ 11,360.00 $ $ 69,581.00

43110 General State Support Grant 43114 On Behalf Tech Center Payment Total Education Spending Revenues

$ 17,587,931.00 $ 309,738.00 $ 17,897,669.00

$ 17,715,696.00 $ 309,738.00 $ 18,025,434.00

$ 16,966,900.00 $ 326,831.00 $ 17,293,731.00

$ 18,138,531.00 $ 338,507.00 $ 18,477,038.00

$1,171,631.00 $ 11,676.00 $1,183,307.00

Surplus Funds Applied to reduce Education Spending

$

$

$

$

430,192.00

$ (219,808.00)

GRAND TOTAL

$ 20,721,120.00

$ 22,139,341.00

$ 1,033,080.00

-

-

$ 21,116,289.00

650,000.00

$ 21,106,261.00

* The FY18 Audit shows these items as Expenditures, whereas our accounting system records them as a Revenue.

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Addison Northwest School District Special Revenue Funds FY18 Combining Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes In Fund Balances For All Special Revenue Funds For the Year Ended June 30, 2018 Beginning

Total

Total

Ending Fund

Revenue

Expenditures

Balance

Fund #

Fund Description

Fund Balance

002

STARS Program

$

003

Profile Partnership

005

Kitchen Equipment FCS*

006 007

-

$

3,435.00

$

-

$

$

619.00

$

$

(1,578.00)

$

-

$

-

$

619.00

-

$

-

$

(1,578.00)

Technology Fund ACS

$

6,099.00

Kitchen Equipment ACS

$

495.00

$

-

$

-

$

6,099.00

$

-

$

-

$

495.00

008

Ropes Repair Fund

$

2,475.00

$

$

-

$

4,025.00

009

Child Nutrition*

$ (423,961.00)

$ 828,208.00

$ 828,208.00

$ (423,961.00)

010

Thundercare Program

$ 19,400.00

$ 116,879.00

$

99,230.00

$ 37,049.00

015

Fusion Childcare Program

$

-

$

8,039.00

$

8,039.00

$

017

Craft Fair Fund

$

-

$

50.00

$

6,301.00

$

(6,251.00)

018

Sign Fund VUHS

$

-

$

1,000.00

$

$

1,000.00

020

VSBIT Grants

$

-

$

11,920.00

$

13,694.00

$

(1,774.00)

022

VSBIT Insurance Claims

$

-

$

82,397.00

$

82,397.00

$

-

026

Art Room Fund VUES

$

661.00

$

-

$

-

$

661.00

027

Potato Grant VUES

$

50.00

$

-

$

-

$

50.00

028

Tennis Program VUES

$

60.00

$

-

$

-

$

60.00

029

PBIS ACS

$

-

$

3,000.00

$

$

1,000.00

030

Erate Fund

$

-

$

23,672.00

$

201

Ronald McDonald House

$

-

$

202

Child Nutrition Equipment Grant

$

-

$

203

Wellness Policy Implementation

$

-

$

204

$

-

205

Nellie Mae Community Grant No Kid Hungry/Share Our Strength Grant

$

206

New England Dairy Council Grant

$

700

LRNG Rafting Grant

703

1,550.00

2,000.00 -

-

$ 23,672.00

$

1,794.00

$

3,500.00

$

3,500.00

$

-

1,000.00

$

434.00

$

566.00

$

600.00

$

-

$

600.00

-

$

2,500.00

$

$

1,377.00

-

$

3,050.00

$

$

3,050.00

$

585.00

$

-

$

1,635.00

$

(1,050.00)

Local Standards Board

$

453.00

$

468.00

$

468.00

$

453.00

704

Act 46 Transition

$ 96,137.00

$

-

$

64,199.00

705

High School Completion

$

8,232.00

$

-

$

712

BEST Grant

$ 20,209.00

$

4,963.00

$

4,963.00

$ 20,209.00

713

Act 230 Grant*

$

$

6,613.00

$

6,613.00

$

(2,792.00)

717

Medicaid

$ 31,821.00

$ 134,802.00

$ 160,494.00

$

6,129.00

718

MAC EPSDT Grant

$ 52,074.00

$

$

47,981.00

$ 32,819.00

720

Title I A Grant

$

2,863.00

$ 261,187.00

$ 215,850.00

$ 48,200.00

722

Title II A Grant

$

824.00

$

99,850.00

$ 100,674.00

$

723

School Wide Program Grant

$

-

$ 142,112.00

$ 142,112.00

$

724

Title IV Grant

$

-

$

$

$

(2,792.00)

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-

-

3,435.00

28,726.00

6,478.00

1,123.00 -

-

-

(1,794.00)

$ 31,938.00 $

8,232.00

6,478.00

728

$ (31,010.00)

$ 164,726.00

$ 168,062.00

$ (34,346.00)

729

21st Century Grant* Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Grant ANWSD*

$

(2,138.00)

$

$

$

(1,688.00)

730

Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Grant VUES*

$

(9,053.00)

$

-

$

-

$

(9,053.00)

731

Farm to School Grant

$

2,156.00

$

-

$

-

$

2,156.00

732

Education Quality Review Grant

$

3,618.00

$

-

$

-

$

3,618.00

733

League of Innovative Schools Grant*

$

(1,065.00)

$

-

$

-

$

(1,065.00)

740

Improving Healthy Outcomes V-SHEP*

$

(4,243.00)

$

(3,301.00)

750

Rowland Grant CF

$ 58,852.00

$

752

Rowland Grant CF 2

$ 24,867.00

$

754

Rowland Grant Honoring Diversity

$

$

775

Nellie Mae Foundation Grant VUHS

$

780

IDEA-B Grant*

$ (32,971.00)

$ 353,441.00

782

IDEA-B Preschool Grant

$

298.00

$

4,502.00

783

ADAP Grant

$ 23,027.00

$

795

Flexible Pathways

$

264.00

$

798

Scotts Miracle Grow FCS

$

500.00

$

799

VEHI Path Program

$

8,131.00

$

Totals:

$ (137,541.00)

*

6,500.00

$

17,136.00

9,942.00

16,686.00

$

9,000.00

$

-

$

22,514.00

$ 36,338.00

-

$

9,941.00

$ 14,926.00

$

1,111.00

$

3,889.00

$

6,500.00

$ 320,158.00

$

312.00

$

4,800.00

$

-

40,000.00

$

48,731.00

$ 14,296.00

27,330.00

$

27,330.00

$

5,000.00 -

6,225.00

$ 2,404,301.00

$

$ $

-

6,643.00

$ 2,426,685.00

$

500.00

$

7,713.00

$ (159,925.00)

All Funds marked have approved deficit funding in FY19 from the FY17 Surplus Balance Resolution voted and approved in April 2018.

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FY 20 Calculations For Proposed Budget Our Total Local Education Spending amount of $18,477,038 is the first and only figure used in calculating our union tax rate that we have control over. The other components in the formula are estimates supplied by the State of Vermont. **All figures used in calculations are subject to changes by the State Legislature** Forecasted FY20 Homestead Yield Forecasted FY20 Income Yield Forecasted FY20 Non-Residential Rate Projected FY20 Education Spending Threshold Estimated FY20 Equalized Pupil Count:

962.13

$10,666.00 $13,104.00 $ 1.58 $18,311.00

Expenditure Budget Proposed FY20

$22,139,341.00

Minus - Local Revenue ( Not including On Behalf Tech Center payment)

$3,232.111.00

Minus - Surplus Funds to Apply as Local Revenue

$430,192.00

Equals - Balance to Fund with Education Spending

$18,477,038.00

Divided By - Equalized Pupils

962.13

Equals - Equalized Spending Per Pupil

$19,204.31

Projected Threshold for Equalized Per Pupil Spending

$18,311.00

Amount (Below) or Above Projected Threshold (Estimated Exclusions are $1020.08 to keep below the penalty threshold)

$893.31

Equalized Spending Per Pupil Divided by Forecasted Homestead Tax Yield

$10,666.00

Equals - Estimated Equalized Union Tax Rate

$1.8005

Minus - Consolidation Incentive Revenue

$0.0600

Equals - the Estimated Union Tax Rate with Incentive Applied

$1.7405

FY19 Actual Union Tax Rate

$1.6482

Equals Estimated Union Tax Rate Increase (in cents)

$0.0923

The estimated union tax rate is divided by each town’s Common Level of Appraisal (CLA) as set by the Vermont Department of Taxes to determine each town’s tax rate. The school district is not responsible for these calculations.

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Fund Balance Analysis As of June 30, 2018 (audited) ANWSD General Fund

$2,110,063

Child Nutrition

($423,961)

General Fund - Includes General Operating, Special Education, and Early Education funds.  $650,000 of this fund balance was attributed to the FY 19 budget to reduce education spending.  $124,650 of this fund balance will be transferred to the 2019 Capital Projects Fund as voted and approved on May 15, 2018.  $87,921 of this fund balance was reserved towards the FY 18 projected deficit of educational funding.  The remaining surplus balance from FY 17 of $767,300 will be transferred in FY 19 to cover fund balance deficits as approved by voters on May 15, 2018.  $480,192 is the surplus balance carried forward from FY 18 audit.

Child Nutrition - In FY 19, this program continues to operate through the Food Service Cooperative agreement with Mt. Abraham Unified School District.

The cumulative deficit in this program through FY 17 was resolved by fund transfers in FY 19 using General Fund surplus dollars as noted above under General Fund.

ACS

FCS

VUES

VUHS

Capital Improvements Fund

($32,208)

0

$58,001

$240,030

Construction

$22,996

($8,343)

($216,894)

($17,947)

Capital Improvement/Construction - All funds with deficit balances originating through FY 17 were resolved by fund transfers in FY 19 by using General Fund surplus dollars approved by voters on May 15, 2018.

All funds showing a positive fund balance are available for use in FY 19 or beyond.

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Treasurer’s Report

Addison Northwest School District Statement of Receipts & Disbursements Treasurer’s Report July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018

Cash balance in Checking account on July 1, 2017* Add Receipts: July 2017 August 2017 September 2017 October 2017 November 2017 December 2017 January 2018 February 2018 March 2018 April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 Line of Credit Total Receipts Total Cash Available Less Disbursements Balance Checking Account June 30, 2018 Outstanding Checks Actual Cash Available

*NOTE:

$0.00 $2,635,283.64 $2,254,070.03 $9,857,086.36 $2,690,732.04 $7,866,885.35 $9,594,448.64 $ 2,012,524.47 $1,601,451.20 $8,317,613.21 $10,088,366.93 $ 3,437,883.30 $ 8,260,011.98 $3,000,000.00 $71,616,357.15 $71,616,357.15 $68,187,119.56 $3,429,237.59 $(388,763.64) $3,040,473.95

In FY 18 the District consolidated. Cash available from all member school districts were deposited to the new District in July and therefore included in Receipts above.

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ANWSD ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES February 26, 2018 The meeting was called to order at 6 pm by Tom Spencer.

Article 1

Reports of the Board Directors. Motion by Laurie Childers to discuss technology and extracurricular in the budget. Seconded by Mark Koenig.

Discussion: The District is moving towards a consistent platform consolidation with telecommunications included in the technology line in the budget. Concern was made regarding an increase in the extracurricular programs when we keep cutting staff and other programs. District is consolidating the K-12 Athletic Programs. The state costs for athletics has increased.

Article Approved by voice vote.

Article 2

To establish salaries for Board Directors and other elected officers of ANWSD pursuant 16 V.S.A. 562.

Motion by Rose Wenzel to keep the salaries for Board Directors at $850. Seconded by Tom Borchert.

Motion George Gardner to amend to include the Chair receives 50% above the rest of the Board members. Clerk receives $150. Treasurer $3000 Seconded by Tara Brooks.

Article Approved as amended by voice vote

Article 3

To authorize BOD to give notice that in lieu of distributing the school annual report by mail within ten (10) days of the District’s Annual Meeting, it shall give at least thirty (30) days’ notice of the availability of such report by inclusion in the warning in the District’s Annual meeting, commencing with the District’s 2018 Annual Meeting.

Motion by John Stroup. Seconded by Tom Borchert. Article Approved by voice vote

Article 4

Shall the voters of ANWSD approve the exchange of parcels of land with the Town of Addison in accordance with the terms of the April 19,2017 Land Exchange Agreement between the Town of Addison and the Addison Town school District.

Motion by Tom Borchert. Seconded by John Spencer. Article Approved by voice vote

Article 5

To transact any other business proper to come before said meeting.

Hearing no other business, moderator Tom Spencer recessed the meeting until March 6, 2018 and turned the meeting over to the ANWSD Board for budget information.

Discussion Tom Borchert adjourned the Public Information Meeting at 8:28 PM. The legal voters of ANWSD, met on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at the usual polling places to vote by Australian ballot on the following Articles: Article 6:

Shall the voters of the Addison Northwest School District approve the school board to expend of $21,106,261, which is the amount the school board has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that this proposed budget and the following article(s), if approved, will result in projected education spending of $17,644 per equalized ~ 59 ~

pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil is .004 (less than half of a percent) higher than spending for the current year.

Article 7:

Shall the Board of School Directors of the Addison Northwest School District enter into one or more District school building energy efficiency performance contracts, and for such purpose to incur indebtedness not to exceed $7,630,000, such indebtedness to be repaid by avoided costs attributable to school building improvements made under such performance contracts?

The results of the Australian ballot vote are as follows: Yes No Void Article 6 952 551 4 Article 7 987 515 5

Submitted by Rose Wenzel ANWSD Clerk

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A FREE APPROPRIATE EDUCATION is guaranteed by federal and state law for children with disabilities.

Please help the School District locate children between the ages of 3 through 21 years who may need special services in order to acquire an education.

If you are aware of any such child in your town, please contact the Superintendent’s office or your school’s principal.

Homeless Children?

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act grants certain rights or protections to families and youth who are living in homeless situations.

If anyone is aware of homeless families with children or homeless youth who are not attending school, please contact the office of the Superintendent of Schools.

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Municipality Addison Ferrisburgh Panton Vergennes Waltham

Polls Open 7:00 AM 7:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM

Polls Close 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Location Addison Town Clerk’s Office Ferrisburgh Town Office Panton Town Hall Vergennes Fire Station Waltham Town Hall

We hope you have enjoyed reading our Annual Report and Budget

Information. We would appreciate any feedback you may have. Please send your feedback to the Superintendent of Schools, Sheila Soule at

ssoule@anwsd.org or by calling at 802-877-3332. For additional details concerning this report, please contact the Superintendent’s Office.

Thank you!

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