CVCC SCHOOL DISTRICT – Voters in the Central Vermont Career Center School District (CVCCSD) had the opportunity to vote by absentee ballot, or go to the polls Tuesday to vote on issuing bonds of up to $149,000,000 to build a new technical center.
courtesy CVCCSD
The 18 towns of the district include Cabot, Calais, Marshfield and Plainfield where votes were underway November 5 as this issue went to press.
In warning the vote, the district said, “The School Construction Aid Program is currently under suspension by the Vermont State Legislature. Therefore, 100% percent of the project shall be built at the school district’s cost without State participation.”
It went on to say, “State funds may not be available at the time this project is otherwise eligible to receive State school construction aid,” which would leave :the district responsible for all costs incurred in connection with any borrowing done in anticipation of State school construction aid.”
The board’s goal is “to serve all eligible students in our region and to provide programming that fulfills the needs of students, employers and the community.”
They say the “present facilities prevent us from doing so.”
The board says the current facility doesn’t meet its needs, resulting in turning away a significant number of applicants each year. Its current four-hour daily programs can’t be expanded to full-day programs without sharing facilities, reducing the number of students, or finding space outside the current building.
Its vision is that, “CVCC’s state of the art facility serves all eligible students in our region, staffed and resourced appropriately, with expanded capacity for increased enrollment versus applicant percentage; increased academic achievement through full day programming in a full school day schedule; pathways to advanced career credentials; strengthening partnerships with middle schools across the region to improve student access.”
