Annual meeting preview: Funding for planning a new middle school is on the Windsor Central Supervisory Union ballot

Published: 03-01-2023 4:24 PM

Article of note: One article asks voters for $1.65 million, financed over a period of five years or less, for design, bidding, permitting and document development for a proposed middle high school.

Contested races: There are no contested School Board races for any of the Upper Valley towns belonging to Windsor Central, Barnard, Bridgewater, Pomfret or Woodstock.

Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget is $25.84 million, which is up from the $24.3 million voters approved last year. If this year’s proposal is approved, the budget is expected to result in education spending of $23,135 per equalized pupil, which is up from $19,567 per equalized pupil for the current year. Additional articles ask voters for $1 million to convert the heating system at Woodstock Union Middle High School from steam to forced hot water and for $1.75 million to replace the roof and for an energy conservation project at Killington (Vt.) Elementary School.

When, where and how to vote: The Windsor Central Supervisory Unified Union School District, which includes the Upper Valley towns of Barnard, Bridgewater, Pomfret and Woodstock, is scheduled to hold its annual meeting voting by Australian ballot on March 7. Polls will be open at Barnard Town Hall, 274 Barnard Road, from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Bridgewater Town Clerk’s Office, 7335 US-4, from 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Woodstock Town Hall, 31 the Green, from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and Pomfret Town Office, 5218 Pomfret Road, from 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. 

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