A call for context, accuracy, and community

I’d like to offer some context to the narrative that has been circulating that public comment from Moretown families was the reason that members “changed their position” on a vote to decide which elementary schools to keep open. The Valley Reporter published several pieces from community members that made this claim, which has contributed to growing frustration from some Waitsfield families, and places the blame on Moretown families' civic engagement solely for the result of the vote. This is simply not an accurate summary of the full picture of what happened at the Nov. board meeting. I would first like to push back on the claim that there was no new information that would have changed members' votes at the meeting. There was absolutely new information including Dr. Mike Leichliter’s educational configuration of classrooms where only Moretown and Warren and Fayston and Warren were a fit for their model.

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