River Valleys

California dreaming: Joe Mahon attended Tuesday’s Dover Selectboard meeting with this virtual background of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Town, school district to lobby for changes to education funding

DOVER- Selectboard members voted to hire a lobbyist to advocate for legislation that would enact changes recommended under the pupil weighting study.
“The board met with the River Valleys board and discussed employing a lobbyist to work on our behalf to push legislation in the House and...

River Valleys board split over in-person meeting

WARDSBORO- The River Valleys Unified School District board reviewed a third draft of the budget for fiscal year 2022 and discussed whether or not to hold an in-person annual meeting this year during their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday.
The board has not yet approved a budget for...

The RVUUSD board met by video conference Monday evening

Dover School moves online for lower grades after positive COVID

Note: This article has been updated to correct inaccurate information.
WARDSBORO- Kindergarten through third grade at Dover Elementary School are fully remote following a positive COVID-19 test, River Valley School officials announced at their board meeting Monday evening.
Following...

River Valleys Schools will be mostly in-person after holiday break

WARDSBORO- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday. During the unusually short meeting, the board heard updates about the staffing dilemma, HVAC progress at the schools, and discussed potential policies to adopt and warn.
At the...

RVUUSD board members met by Zoom Monday evening

Dover, Wardsboro schools seeking substitutes to avoid remote return

By Amelia Nick and Mike Eldred
DOVER- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting Monday.
The meeting began a little before 6:30 pm, almost 30 minutes after it was set to start. This was due to the unintended extension of an executive...

Dover, Wardsboro to continue in-person classes

DOVER- The River Valleys Unified Union School District Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday. Closure of the schools following the Thanksgiving break was discussed again, although no changes were made to the current schedule. This comes following the exposure of a Dover School...

Rep says education finance change a “heavy lift”

WARDSBORO - The River Valleys Unified Union School District board met on Monday for its regularly-scheduled meeting. The board heard updates about ongoing HVAC work at its schools in Wardsboro and Dover. In addition, the board heard legislative updates from board member Rep. Laura Sibilia and...

River Valleys board meeting

Encouraging air quality news for Wardsboro school

DOVER - At Monday’s meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District board, the board got encouraging news about air quality testing at Wardsboro Elementary. In other matters, principals Matt Martyn and Tammy Bates said the schools’ students and staffs are getting into the swing of the...

Rep. Laura Sibilia

State rep not optimistic on funding, sounds alarm on ADM challenges

DOVER - At Monday’s meeting of the River Valleys Unified Union School District, board member Rep. Laura Sibilia said she is not optimistic that there will be movement on fixing the state’s pupil weighting system during the Legislature’s current emergency session, and she sounded the alarm about...

River Valleys bus to BUHS won't run due to low ridership

DOVER - Due to projected low ridership, the River Valleys Unified Union School District will not be operating its bus to Brattleboro Area Middle School and Brattleboro Union High School this year.
The bus was originally approved by voters at Dover’s Town Meeting in 2018 at a cost of $25,...