Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. Until last night, a cloud of doubt hung over our Guildhall Elementary School. On Feb 20th, the Board majority had passed a motion freezing the school district checkbook unless a disputed tuition amount for Board member Matt Smith’s child was guaranteed. (See minutes, 2/20/12) At Town Meeting earlierContinue reading “New School Board Rescinds Freeze on Checkbook”
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Town Meeting: Reflections
The hottest item at last night’s Town Meeting was the election of a new School Board Director. 91 citizen-voters turned out. The vote count was relatively close, much like last fall’s rescission vote, except it went the other way this time. Marie Fay won with 49 votes to Karen Nelson’s 42. I supported Karen, hadContinue reading “Town Meeting: Reflections”
Town Meeting, Guildhall, Vermont
Passions may be running a little high on certain issues here in Guildhall as we approach Town Meeting. But we are all in this together, even if we disagree. We are Americans and we use the local and proper channels of democracy to resolve problems–attending and speaking up at meetings, writing letters to the editor,Continue reading “Town Meeting, Guildhall, Vermont”
