PreK-12 School District 
Proposed Merger Vote

November 4, 2014

Who:   

All voters in the Chittenden East Supervisory Union.

What:

     Vote to replace the six town school boards, Mt. Mansfield Union School Board and the Chittenden East Executive Committee with one PreK-12 unified governing board.   If one or two towns vote no, vote to create a Modified Unified Board with unified governance for all Towns voting yes.

When:

November 4, 2014 vote, by Australian ballot.

Where:

Bolton, Huntington, Jericho, Richmond, Underhill Town, and Underhill ID.

Why:

     For fifty years, our communities have united in a grade 5-12 single school district and school board--Mount Mansfield Union School District--to educate our children in middle and high school.  After a long and extensive study process, the CESU Voluntary Merger Committee has recommended that our communities unite in a PreK-12 single school district and school board to provide better education opportunities for all of our children and to more efficiently manage our resources and tax dollars.   

     If the proposal is approved, the State of Vermont will provide property tax reductions for each community voting yes for a period of four years.  The amount of the reductions is described in the Voluntary Merger Report. 

     The details of the proposal, supporting report, and dissenting views are in the Voluntary Merger Report that is posted on the CESU website.  In addition, the website contains links to studies and background information considered in this process.  We encourage all voters to study this important question.  There will be informational meetings held in each community; the times, locations, and dates of the meetings are listed on the back of this flyer.

     All local school boards have scheduled public votes by Australian ballot on November 4^th as part of the general election.

For More Information:  Call the CESU office at (802) 434-2128 for a copy of the full report, or go to the CESU webpage at http://cesu.k12.vt.us and click on the Voluntary Merger Discussion tab.

Polling Places

 The voters residing in each member district will cast their ballots in the following polling places:

Bolton	♦	Smilie Memorial School	♦	7 am–7 pm
Huntington	♦	Brewster-Pierce Memorial School	♦	6:30 am–7 pm
Jericho	♦	Jericho Elementary School	♦	7 am–7 pm
Richmond	♦	Camels Hump Middle School	♦	7 am–7 pm
Underhill ID--Jericho	♦	Jericho Elementary School	♦	7 am–7 pm
Underhill ID--Underhill	♦	Underhill Town Hall	♦	7 am–7 pm
Underhill Town	♦	Underhill Town Hall	♦	7 am–7 pm

Informational Meetings

                                      

Dates	Locations	Times
October 1	Smilie Memorial School	6 pm
October 7	Underhill Central School	6:30 pm
October 8	Jericho Elementary School	6 pm
October 14	Brewster-Pierce Memorial School	6 pm
October 15	Richmond Elementary School	6 pm
October 16	Browns River Middle School Library	6 pm
October 21	Deborah Rawson Library	10 am
October 22	Mt. Mansfield Union High School KIVA	6 pm
October 27	Brewster-Pierce Memorial School	6 pm
October 28	Underhill ID Elementary School	6 pm
October 28	Underhill Central School	6:30 pm
October 29	Smilie Memorial School	6 pm
October 29	Jericho Elementary School	6:30 pm
November 2	Camels Hump Middle School Library	4 pm