Windham Southwest Supervisory Union

Board told that more than $1 million of expenses found, not budgeted by previous administration

WILMINGTON- In a shocking revelation, Windham Southwest Supervisory Union Superintendent Bill Bazyk told board members Wednesday, November 6, that his team had uncovered more than $1 million in unbudgeted special education expenses in the current fiscal year 2025 WSWSU budget.
In all,...

District to start search for new leader

WILMINGTON- Supervisory union board members will decide later this week how they’ll conduct their search for a new superintendent.
Superintendent Barbara Anne Komons-Montroll announced last month she would be leaving the position on July 5. Komons-Montroll has served as superintendent...

Supervisory board approves new funding policy

WILMINGTON- Windham Southwest Supervisory Union school districts will need to take out tax anticipation loans this year, after the supervisory union board approved a new funding policy at their regular board meeting Wednesday evening.
Under the new policy, passed in a seven to four roll...

Screen preschoolers for skills

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Windham Southwest Supervisory Union is offering developmental preschool screenings to families who live in Wilmington, Whitingham, Halifax, Stamford, Searsburg, and Readsboro. The purpose of a screening is to give parents information about their 3- or 4-year old’s readiness...

Readsboro parents raise concerns over Twin Valley issues

READSBORO- The parents of two children with special needs sought help from the Readsboro School Board Tuesday evening following recent incidents at Twin Valley Middle High School.
The mother of the two students said her children were attending summer programs at TVMHS as part of their IEPs...

Early dismissal on Wednesdays to start next year

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Last week many parents of students attending Windham Southwest Supervisory Union schools were surprised by an email or robocall announcing a change in the weekly school calendar. Starting the first week of school next year, student will be released from school at 12:45 pm every...

Windham Southwest goes maskless

WILMINGTON- As of Monday, March 14, masks will no longer be required in Windham Southwest Supervisory Union schools or on school buses, following a supervisory union board vote Wednesday to rescind their existing mask policy.
The move is in response to changes in state policy announced by...

Development screening for youth

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Windham Southwest Supervisory Union offers developmental screenings for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children not yet in kindergarten. The purpose of the screening is to give parents information about their child’s readiness skills, speech and language development, and motor skills....

“Successful student portrait” design team

WILMINGTON - Windham Southwest Supervisory Union announced that they are developing a “portrait of student success,” a collective vision that articulates the community’s aspirations for all of its students.
The portrait of student success will be locally developed, but globally positioned...

Computer error leads to mistake in transportation fund allocations

WILMINGTON- Twin Valley School Board members learned they may have to reimburse other districts in Windham Southwest Supervisory Union after they received too great a share of state transportation aid in fiscal years 2021 and 2022.
WSSU Business Manager Karen Atwood said Twin Valley’s...