School Boards
School Board Monthly Meeting Schedule
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RNESU Board Member Contact InformationBoard Members can also be contacted by email through Reach Out!. Share your thoughts, suggestions, concerns directly with your Board!
School Board Seats
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The Otter Valley Unified Union School District has the following openings for the Office of School Board of Director* for the coming election in March 2024:
At-Large (Candidates can be from any of the OVUUSD towns: Brandon; Goshen; Leicester; Pittsford Sudbury; and Whiting)
The Barstow Unified Union School District has the following opening for the Office of School Board of Director* for the coming election in March 2024:
At-Large – 2 years remaining of a 3-year term (Candidates can be from either BUUSD town.)
At-Large (Candidates can be from either BUUSD town.)
*All seats are three year terms unless otherwise noted.
Petitions are available at the links provided above, at your Town Clerk’s Office, and the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union Central Office at 49 Court Drive in Brandon. Requests for petitions can also be made by calling the RNESU Central Office at (802) 247-5757.
Completed petitions, along with a signed Consent of Candidate Form, are due to your Town Clerk by Monday, January 29, 2024. Petitions for town specific seats require signatures of the lesser of 1% of registered voters or 30 signatures. Petitions for at-large seats require the signature of 60 registered voters.
About Policy Governance
BUU Policy Governance Presentation -
The Magic of Meaningful Board Meetings Using Policy Governance (Passcode: by02v?W&)
BUUSD Policy Governance Policies
Robert's Rules of Order
Vermont School Board Association
VSBA Video Making Sense of Vermont's Education Funding System
Click on the link below to access publicly aired board meetings:
PEG TV - Education 1095
OVUU Timeline Since Merger of 2016
The six towns of Otter Valley Union High School (Brandon, Goshen, Leicester, Pittsford, Sudbury and Whiting) merged on July 1, 2016 to create the Otter Valley Unified Union School District, as a result of Vermont State Act 46.
This timeline documents the goals set and district progress since the merger, providing an overview of the work that has been accomplished.