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Are you interested in knowing more about the U-32 Booster Club?

Email Melissa at u32boosterclub@gmail.com  

New Website for Flexible Pathways!!

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We’re happy to be launching our Flexible Pathways Website to help you learn more about the many opportunities that are available to students in addition to the diverse selection of courses.  The site can be accessed from the Families/Students menu on the u32.wcuusd.org home page.

We are still adding to this, so please let us know if there’s something you wish was included, or have other suggestions.  Reach out to Liza Semler (lsemler@u32.org), our Mentor and Work-based Learning Coordinator with any suggestions.

Big thanks to all our community partners and mentors who are helping students pursue personalized learning this year!

School Choice Collaborative

As in previous years, our school board has chosen to participate in the Winooski Valley Regional Public School Choice Collaborative for 2024-2025. Through this program and the state school choice program, students may apply to go to any public high school in Vermont at no cost. The Vermont Legislature passed a law in May 2012 (Act 129, Sec. 34. § 822d 2A) which allows high school students to apply through school choice to any public high school in Vermont. This law sets rules for school districts regarding the number of entering and exiting student slots allowed through school choice. Students are chosen by lottery from all the applicants for each school district based on the number of open slots. You may view school choice information at the Vermont Agency of Education website:

http://education.vermont.gov/ vermont-schools/school- operations/public-schools/ public-high-school-choice.

If your student is interested in attending a high school outside of your district next year, please contact U-32 Student Services to obtain a school choice application by calling 802-229-0322 or emailing  tmartin@u32.org.  Completed applications must be received in Student Services by Friday, February 23, 2024.  You will be informed of the outcome of the lottery by April 1, 2024. You will need to confirm whether your student will accept or decline the placement by April 15, 2024. If you do not confirm placement by this date, your slot may be given to another student if the school has a waiting list.

**Parents are responsible for providing their student's transportation if they are chosen.**

Our Community

Washington Central serves the five rural towns that surround Montpelier, Vermont’s state capital, with U-32 as our Middle School and High School. The towns – Berlin, Calais, East Montpelier, Middlesex and Worcester – are all classic, close-knit New England villages. The presence of state government, the home office of a national financial services company, a variety of post-secondary educational institutions, and a relatively well-educated population ensure that our students have many educational, social, and cultural opportunities.

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