Two-year merger process leads to trade-off: School vs. choice

State education officials have approved a merger plan in Windsor County that preserves an existing school at the cost of giving up school choice.Districts in Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union have struggled for two years to come up with a way to comply with Act 46, the merger law, and continue to work together. In the end, two of the four districts have proposed merging, while two others are pitching an alternative governance structure.School choice has been the issue preventing the towns from