2006 Adoption Note.

1973 Clarendon and Wallingford each voted yes to the following articles. It appears that Shrewsbury also voted yes at the same time, although we could find no record of the vote.

ARTICLE I

Shall the town school district of Clarendon/Wallingford, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed union school district, join with the school district of Wallingford/Clarendon, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed union school district, and the school district of Shrewsbury, which the State Board of Education has found advisable to include in the proposed union school district, for the purpose of forming a union school district, as provided in Title 16, Vermont Statutes Annotated, upon the following conditions and agreements:

(a) Class of schools. The union school district shall operate and manage a high school, offering instruction in grades 7 through 12.

(b) Board of School Directors. Each member district shall be entitled to one member of the Board of School Directors of the union school district for each one hundred (100) students, or fraction thereof, residing in a member district and enrolled in the union school district on the fortieth school day of the year preceding the annual union school district election. Each member district shall have at least one representative on the Union Board in any event.

(c) Apportionment of Expenses. The allocation of capital and operating expenses among the member districts will be based on the enrolled pupils from each district and in accordance with Vermont state laws. (Section 711 of Title 16, Chapter 11, Vermont Statutes Annotated.)

(d) Final Report. The provisions of the final report approved by the State Board of Education on the 16th day of October 1973, which is on file in the town clerk's office, shall govern the union district.

Final Report

Item #1  -  Clarendon and Wallingford school districts are considered necessary to the establishment of the proposed union.

Item #2  -  The addition of the school district of Shrewsbury is considered advisable in the establishment of the proposed union.

Item #3  -  The class of school to be operated in the proposed union is a union school, grades 7 through 12.

Item #4  -  The  new school will be located in the town of Clarendon. The capacity of the school as planned will be 700 pupils at a cost of $2,500,00.00 - $3,000,000.00.

Item #5a -  The union will transport students in grades 7 through 12 for member towns.

Item #5b -  Teaching Staff - The proposed union will have an adequate teaching staff in order to take care of individual student needs.

Item #5c -  Curriculum (enclosed)

Item #6  -  Indebtedness - None

Item #7  -  Properties to be acquired from member districts - None

Item #8  -  The allocation of capital and operating expenses among the member districts will be based on the enrolled pupils from each district and in accordance with Vermont state laws. Section 711 of Title 16 Vermont statutes annotated.

Item #9  -  Board of School Directors - Each member district shall be entitled to one member of the Board of School Directors of the Union School District for each 100 students, or fraction thereof, residing in a member district and enrolled in the Union School District on the fortieth school day of the year preceding the annual Union School District election. Each member district shall have at least one representative on the Union Board in any event.

Item #10 -  Term of office shall be as follows:

Shrewsbury - 1-3-year term to expire 3/77

Wallingford - 1-2-year term to expire 3/76

Wallingford - 1-3-year term to expire 3/77

Clarendon - 1-2-year term to expire 3/76

Clarendon - 1-3-year term to expire 3/77

Item #11 -  The union proposal will be submitted to the voters on Tuesday, November 27, 1973.