WSESD / WSESU Message to Vermont’s School District Redistricting Task Force
The Boards of the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) and the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) have each independently moved to send the following communication to Vermont’s School District Redistricting Task Force, which was submitted to the Task Force by email on August 15, 2025:
The WSESD and WSESU moved “to remain within a supervisory union, within a larger governance region to the extent practical, under the terms of H.454 as approved on June 16, 2025 by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Vermont.” The WSESD and WSESU will submit a “statement of intent to the new Redistricting Task Force when it is established and will reach out to contiguous school districts and supervisory unions to explore combining into a larger supervisory union if possible.”
The Boards of the WSESD and WSESU “will explore the benefits of combining the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union with contiguous supervisory unions. Our purpose is to optimize cost savings and efficiencies where possible while maintaining local democratic engagement, oversight, and accountability in order to achieve excellent educational outcomes for our communities’ children and youth at a cost that Vermonters can afford.”
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The Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) is composed of the member towns of Brattleboro, Putney, Dummerston, and Guilford.
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The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) is composed of the member towns of Brattleboro, Putney, Dummerston, Guilford, and Vernon.
For further information contact:
Deborah Stanford, WSESD Chair: dstanford@wsesdvt.org
Anne Beekman, WSESU Chair: abeekman@wsesdvt.org
To attend Board meetings in person or via remote access. Find agenda info: https://wsesu.org/wsesd-agendas/
