Scott: Vermont has too many schools for too few students

Gov. Phil Scott at a press conference. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerGov. Phil Scott says the root cause of a steep rise in property taxes is an economic crisis in Vermont’s rural communities.The state must take urgent action to right size a system that has too many schools, too many teachers and too few students, Scott told a group of 330 lawmakers and educators Monday at a daylong summit at Norwich University.
“We face an urgent need to transform our education system into th