Board gives preliminary support to a FY2027 budget with a five percent increase: a budget that will keep four unfilled positions open but will allow for "level service" in coming year.
Missippi spends $12,500 per student compared to our $29,000 and their students outperform ours on standardized test scores. Huston we have a problem which maybe the incompetent legislature should look at what states are doing that don't pay exorbitant prices for lower outcome.
Another point to keep in mind is that Vermont has a very small student population and so is both prone to yearly statistical variation and to higher per student costs by dint of having 119 districts. Our entire student population is considerably less than, say, the one district serving the city of Baltimore.
It is also worth noting that CVSD leaders emphasize that standardized tests are a small – and imperfect – component of the overall assessments they make throughout the year to determine how their 3,600 students are faring.
Thank you for taking the time to read the article and for commenting. Your basic point about the high cost of Vermont education is certainly a valid one that political and education leaders have been grappling with for decades.
Actually you're using 2013 data from when Missippi had not yet changed their Education system to a central district. Sat scores from 2025 show Missippi with a 1223 to VT's 1115 The difference is they eliminate county supervisory districts with a central district which eliminates the huge cost of administration. Same should be done here.
Missippi spends $12,500 per student compared to our $29,000 and their students outperform ours on standardized test scores. Huston we have a problem which maybe the incompetent legislature should look at what states are doing that don't pay exorbitant prices for lower outcome.
Actually, Doug, your statement is not correct.
As you can see if you follow this link, Vermont students generally place higher in most subjects and grades than both Mississippi and the nation. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/profiles/stateprofile?sfj=NP&chort=2&sub=RED&sj=&st=MN&year=2013R3
Another point to keep in mind is that Vermont has a very small student population and so is both prone to yearly statistical variation and to higher per student costs by dint of having 119 districts. Our entire student population is considerably less than, say, the one district serving the city of Baltimore.
It is also worth noting that CVSD leaders emphasize that standardized tests are a small – and imperfect – component of the overall assessments they make throughout the year to determine how their 3,600 students are faring.
Thank you for taking the time to read the article and for commenting. Your basic point about the high cost of Vermont education is certainly a valid one that political and education leaders have been grappling with for decades.
Actually you're using 2013 data from when Missippi had not yet changed their Education system to a central district. Sat scores from 2025 show Missippi with a 1223 to VT's 1115 The difference is they eliminate county supervisory districts with a central district which eliminates the huge cost of administration. Same should be done here.