2006 Adoption Note.

1956 Ferrisburg, Waltham, Vergennes each voted yes on the articles below. Addison, Panton also voted yes except that they voted not to send their 7th and 8th grade students to the Union District School. Ferrisburg later rescinded its vote with reference to sending its 7th and 8th grade students.

1968 Addison requested and was granted permission to send its grades 7 and 8 to the Union District school.

Article 1: To consolidate with one or more neighboring school districts for the purpose of forming a Union High School District pursuant to the authority contained in No. 202 of the Acts of 1953 as amended, said Union High School District to be organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of said act except as modified by the following agreements entered into by the school districts forming said Union High School District:

(a) TYPE OF HIGH SCHOOL: Said Union High School District shall operate as a high school, junior-senior high school having six years courses consisting of grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.

(b) LOCATION: Said junior-senior high school shall be located within the territorial limits of the City of Vergennes.

(c) TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE: The expense of transportation of pupils to said junior-senior high school shall be divided among the member districts of said Union High School District in proportion to the student enrollment, as hereinafter defined, in said junior-senior high school from each member district.

(d) STUDENT ENROLLMENT: Student enrollment shall include all students residing in a member district and enrolled for the whole or a part of given school year in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in said junior senior high school and/or enrolled for all or part of such year in said grades in any other school within said district or elsewhere, except that students attending the 7th and 8th grades of a parochial or private school shall not be included, nor shall there be included students attending the 7th and 8th grades in those member districts which before the formation of said Union High School District have voted not to send their 7th and 8th grade students to said junior-senior high school.

(e) OPTION FOR 7th AND 8th GRADE STUDENTS: Member districts may before the formation of said Union High School District vote not to send their 7th and 8th grade pupils to said junior-senior high school.

(f) APPORTIONMENT OF EXPENSES: All expenses, including transportation, building, maintaining and operating said Union High School District shall be divided among the member districts in the proportion which the student enrollment as above defined, in each member district for the previous school year bears to the total number of student enrollment, as above defined, for said year in all the districts in said Union High School District.

(g) BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS: The school board of said Union High School District shall consist of directors to be elected by the member districts at their respective annual meetings. At the formation of the district, the representation shall be as follows: Addison, one; Panton, one; Waltham, one; Ferrisburg, two; Vergennes, two. This apportionment is set up with the stipulation that later changes deemed necessary be made at the discretion of the district directors and voted upon by the union district. Temporary School Directors to serve for the period of time from the formation of said Union High School District up to the first annual meeting of said Union High School District shall be elected from the respective member districts at their own special meetings.