The Deeper Dig: More mergers loom under school plan’s next phase

Mark Blount is the principal at Chelsea Public School, which is closing its high school this year. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerAs schools around Vermont go quiet for the year, the effects of the state’s 2015 consolidation law are increasingly visible.
Earlier this month, the Agency of Education kicked off phase two of Act 46, recommending that 43 districts that haven’t yet volunteered to merge do so next year.
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