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Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District

Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District (MMMUSD), formerly the Mount Mansfield Union School District #17, is a school district headquartered in Jericho, Vermont.[2]

Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District
Address
211 Browns Trace Road
Jericho
, Vermont, 5465
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
NCES District ID5000443[1]
Students and staff
Students2,569[1]
Teachers169.93[1]
Staff214.84[1]
Student–teacher ratio15.12[1]
Other information
Websitewww.mmuusd.org

It is the district farthest east in Chittenden County, Vermont. There are approximately 2600 students enrolled in the district.[3]

Each town in the district has its own elementary school, which serves K-4th grade.

Students from Huntington, Bolton and Richmond attend Camels Hump Middle School. Those from Jericho and Underhill attend Browns River Middle School. Both middle schools serve grades 5-8.

The district's high school is Mount Mansfield Union High School, located in Jericho, which takes students graduating from both middle schools, and serves grades 9-12.

History

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The predecessor districts were in the Chittenden East Supervisory Union (CESU), which was their umbrella organization. In a span of ten years the residents of the predecessor districts voted on whether to merge their school districts on five occasions.[4] The vote that day[specify] favored consolidation.[5] The district was established effective November 4, 2014.[6] The merged district began operations the following year.[5]

In 2011 there was a vote among the towns on whether to merge that did not pass. Another such vote was scheduled in 2014.[7] The district formed with the voluntary merger of the Bolton, Jericho, Richmond, and Underhill school districts.[4] When MMUUSD formed, Huntington residents already had representation as the community sent its secondary students there, but Huntington continued to have its own elementary school district.[8]

Residents of Huntington resisted merging for a longer time, with four unsuccessful votes on merging into MMUUSD. At one point the state of Vermont passed Act 46 that obligated school districts to merge.[4] The Huntington School District sued the state government to try to stop the merger.[9] In 2018 the Huntington district filed its third lawsuit against mergers.[10] On June 6, 2019,[11] the vote to merge Huntington into Mount Mansfield succeeded on a 450-191 basis; the Chittenden East Supervisory Union dissolved as a result.[4]

Schools

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High school
Middle schools
  • Browns River Middle School
  • Camels Hump Middle School
Elementary schools
  • Brewster-Pierce Memorial School (Huntington) - In 2019 it had 136 students.[8]
  • Jericho Elementary School
  • Richmond Elementary School
  • Smilie Memorial School
  • Underhill Central School
Preschool
  • Underhill ID Preschool
Former schools
  • Underhill I.D. Elementary School - In 2018 the board voted to close the school effective 2019, with eight members favoring and five opposing. Students were moved to Jericho Elementary School and Underhill Central School.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Directions to MMUUSD Central Office". Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District". mmuusd.org/. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Dufort, Lola (June 7, 2019). "Mount Mansfield district towns vote to merge with Huntington". VTDigger. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Niles, Hilary (November 5, 2014). "Chittenden East approves voluntary school merger". VTDigger. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  6. ^ rthomasa (October 29, 2016). "Political Capital, Richmond, VT". University of Vermont. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Kelley, Kevin J. (October 29, 2014). "Voters to Decide Who Oversees Eastern Chittenden County Schools". Seven Days. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  8. ^ a b McCallum, Kevin (June 19, 2019). "As Act 46 Deadline Looms, Districts Rush to Finish Their Math Homework". Seven Days. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  9. ^ Ferraro, Neliana (January 12, 2019). "Community hopeful for Act 46 merger". WCAX. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  10. ^ Duffort, Lola (December 21, 2018). "Huntington files third legal challenge to forced mergers under Act 46". VTDigger. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "June 6th Merger Vote". Mount Mansfield Modified Union School District. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  12. ^ Duffort, Lola (November 8, 2018). "District school board votes to close Underhill-Jericho elementary school". VTDigger. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

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