CVSD Budget Page
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Budget for FY26 (2025-2026 school year)
FY= Fiscal Year The CVSD Budget year begins July 1 and ends June 30.
March 3, 2025 - CVSD Informational Meeting, CVU 5:00 pm, and online
March 4, 2025 - Town Meeting Day, voting all day in each town
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Upcoming Board Meetings with Budget-Related Presentations
- November 19, 2024 topic: Special Education
- December 10, 2024 topic: Regular Education
- December 17, 2024 topic: Operations & Maintenance: IT, Food Service, Facilities, Construction, Transportation, and Central Office
- January 9, 2025 topic: Revenue & Tax Summary
- January 21, 2025 topic: Final approval & Warnings
All are welcome to attend all board meetings or view them virtually thanks to The Media Factory.
We will post links to the presentations shared at these meetings when they become available.
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The information below was shared for the proposed FY25 (2024-2025) budget. We will update this page when information for FY26 is available.
March 2024 Updates:
- March 6, 2024 Post-Election Statement from Superintendent Sanchez
- March 8 Budget Update
- These slides were shared at the March 12 Special Board Meeting.
- CVSD Board Chair, Meghan Metzler, shared this testimony with the House Ways & Means Committee on March 14, 2024.
- March 25, 2024 Legislative Breakfast
Budget Information for the April 16, 2024 Vote:
Resources and Information Available Before Town Meeting Day 2024:
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February 2024 Updates
February 2024 Updates
(for reference only, after the March 5th vote)
At the February 20, 2024, school board meeting, the board voted to adopt the finance committee’s recommendation to move forward with the originally warned budget that they spent more than six months reviewing and evaluating.- At the meeting, CVSD Board vice chair and finance committee chair Meghan Metzler read this statement to begin the discussion.
- After the meeting, Superintendent Sanchez shared this letter.
- Here are some budget highlights to help our community understand important elements of the proposed budget.
- On Wednesday, February 21, the district's administration and school board hosted a virtual Budget Town Hall. These slides were shared at that event.
- Here is the recording from the Budget Town Hall, seen below.
Please view these very important updates about the proposed CVSD 2024-2025 Budget!
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January 23, 2024 School Board Meeting
This 10-minute excerpt from the January 23, 2024, school board meeting showcases the board discussing the proposed budget and approving it unanimously for the Town Meeting Day ballot. The video of the whole meeting can be found on the Media Factory's website.
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FY25 Budget Development Process
FY25 Budget Development Process
Budget Development Meeting Schedule
- November 28, 2023
- topic: Special Education (slides)
- December 12, 2023
- topic: Instructional Program (slides)
- December 19, 2023
- topic: Operations and Maintenance (slides)
- January 9, 2024
- topic: Revenue and Tax Implications (slides)
- January 23, 2024
- Final Approval and Warnings
Recordings of the meetings are available on the Media Factory's website and on the School Board's Meetings, Agendas, and Minutes page.
October 25, 2023 Community Budget Forum
All members of the CVSD community were invited to join us for the Community Budget Forum on October 25. Here's the recording of that forum.
October 11, 2023 Virtual Town Hall
At this Town Hall, Superintendent Sanchez and Chief Operations Officer Gary Marckres presented some of the implications for budgeting for 2024-2025 and beyond. View the recording of the virtual town hall here.
- November 28, 2023
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Video Series - Budget Process and Information
Video Series: Budget Process and Information
CVSD's Board Chair, Angela Arsenault, provided this introduction to kick off an updated series of videos pertaining to the budget development process.
- An overview of the budget development process, featuring Superintendent Rene Sanchez and CVSD's COO, Gary Marckres
- Special Education Budgeting, described by CVSD's Director of Student Support Services, Anna Couperthwait
- Education Quality Standards, described by CVSD's Director of Learning and Innovation, Sarah Crum
- Learn about Operations and Maintenance from CVSD's COO, Gary Marckres
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FY25 Budget Documents
FY25 (school year 2024-2025) Budget Documents
CVSD Annual Warning and Ballot Questions
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Related Articles and Commentary
Related Articles and Commentary
We do not endorse these. We are sharing them to provide different perspectives.
- End of COVID-19 relief funds looms for school district (Shelburne News and The Citizen, September 7, 2023)
- Without state aid, school buildings suffer (The Citizen and Shelburne News, November 2, 2023)
- Rising Education Spending is Also Driven by State-Level Problems That Need State-Level Solutions (Commentary by State Representatives)
- CVSD Moves Forward with $3.6 million bond, Shelburne News and The Citizen, January 18, 2024
- School Districts Ask Legislature for Changes, The Other Paper, January 18, 2024
- With Large Tax Hikes Looming on Town Meeting Day, School Districts Ask the State for Help, Seven Days, January 31, 2024
- Lawmakers move to replace controversial property tax cap with targeted ‘discount’, VTDigger, February 9, 2024
- School Districts Budget in Limbo, Shelburne News and The Citizen, February 16, 2024
- How Vermont's Education Funding Law Changed, VT Digger, February 22, 2024
- Thorny Questions Emerge About the Future of Education in Vermont, Seven Days, February 22, 2024
- Champlain Valley School District Keeps Budget Vote on Town Meeting Ballot, Shelburne News and The Citizen, February 29, 2024
