Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District
Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District | |
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Address | |
211 Browns Trace Road
Jericho , Vermont, 5465United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Grades | PreK–12[1] |
NCES District ID | 5000443[1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 2,569[1] |
Teachers | 169.93[1] |
Staff | 214.84[1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 15.12[1] |
Other information | |
Website | www |
Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District (MMMUSD), formerly the Mount Mansfield Union School District #17, is a school district headquartered in Jericho, Vermont.[2]
It is the district farthest east in Chittenden County, Vermont. There are approximately 2600 students enrolled in the district.[3]
Each town in the district has its own elementary school, which serves K-4th grade.
Students from Huntington, Bolton and Richmond attend Camels Hump Middle School. Those from Jericho and Underhill attend Browns River Middle School. Both middle schools serve grades 5-8.
The district's high school is Mount Mansfield Union High School, located in Jericho, which takes students graduating from both middle schools, and serves grades 9-12.
History
[edit]The predecessor districts were in the Chittenden East Supervisory Union (CESU), which was their umbrella organization. In a span of ten years the residents of the predecessor districts voted on whether to merge their school districts on five occasions.[4] The vote that day[specify] favored consolidation.[5] The district was established effective November 4, 2014.[6] The merged district began operations the following year.[5]
In 2011 there was a vote among the towns on whether to merge that did not pass. Another such vote was scheduled in 2014.[7] The district formed with the voluntary merger of the Bolton, Jericho, Richmond, and Underhill school districts.[4] When MMUUSD formed, Huntington residents already had representation as the community sent its secondary students there, but Huntington continued to have its own elementary school district.[8]
Residents of Huntington resisted merging for a longer time, with four unsuccessful votes on merging into MMUUSD. At one point the state of Vermont passed Act 46 that obligated school districts to merge.[4] The Huntington School District sued the state government to try to stop the merger.[9] In 2018 the Huntington district filed its third lawsuit against mergers.[10] On June 6, 2019,[11] the vote to merge Huntington into Mount Mansfield succeeded on a 450-191 basis; the Chittenden East Supervisory Union dissolved as a result.[4]
Schools
[edit]- High school
- Middle schools
- Browns River Middle School
- Camels Hump Middle School
- Elementary schools
- Brewster-Pierce Memorial School (Huntington) - In 2019 it had 136 students.[8]
- Jericho Elementary School
- Richmond Elementary School
- Smilie Memorial School
- Underhill Central School
- Preschool
- Underhill ID Preschool
- Former schools
- Underhill I.D. Elementary School - In 2018 the board voted to close the school effective 2019, with eight members favoring and five opposing. Students were moved to Jericho Elementary School and Underhill Central School.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "Directions to MMUUSD Central Office". Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ "Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District". mmuusd.org/. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Dufort, Lola (June 7, 2019). "Mount Mansfield district towns vote to merge with Huntington". VTDigger. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ a b Niles, Hilary (November 5, 2014). "Chittenden East approves voluntary school merger". VTDigger. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ^ rthomasa (October 29, 2016). "Political Capital, Richmond, VT". University of Vermont. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin J. (October 29, 2014). "Voters to Decide Who Oversees Eastern Chittenden County Schools". Seven Days. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ a b McCallum, Kevin (June 19, 2019). "As Act 46 Deadline Looms, Districts Rush to Finish Their Math Homework". Seven Days. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Ferraro, Neliana (January 12, 2019). "Community hopeful for Act 46 merger". WCAX. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Duffort, Lola (December 21, 2018). "Huntington files third legal challenge to forced mergers under Act 46". VTDigger. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ "June 6th Merger Vote". Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Duffort, Lola (November 8, 2018). "District school board votes to close Underhill-Jericho elementary school". VTDigger. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Bolton School District; Huntington School District; Jericho School District; Richmond School District; Underhill Town School District; Underhill ID School District; Mount Mansfield Union School District #17 Regional Education District (RED) Planning Committee Report - Vermont Legislature
External links
[edit]- Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District
- Chittenden East Supervisory Union at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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