Ripton Elementary School News Today

After nearly two years spent in a “weird statutory hellscape,” Ripton Elementary School is back where it started. Has anything changed?

Ripton residents voted resoundingly on Thursday to return to the Addison Central School District, nearly two years after residents voted to leave the district in...

Sarah Paquette, a mother of three, loves everything about Ripton Elementary School. She's grateful for the individual attention her two sons have gotten from teachers...

Wed, 05/19/2021 - 7:32pm John McCright By:  John Flowers RIPTON — The Vermont State Board of Education (SBE) on Wednesday approved, by an 8-0 vote, Ripton’s request to withdraw from the Addison Central School District. The panel, by an identical vote, also agreed to the Addison Central School District’s request that it remain a school district and not revert to a supervisory union in wake of Ripton’s departure. The SBE’s decision means Ripton can move forwar...

RIPTON — Ripton’s bid to withdraw from the Addison Central School District will again take center stage before the Vermont State Board of Education (SBE) next Wednesday, May 19.

Wed, 03/10/2021 - 3:48pm sarahp EMILY TAYLOR ANDREWS LEEDS MIDDLEBURY — Emily Taylor Andrews Leeds, of Middlebury, Vt., died peacefully on March 2, 2021, following a mercifully short battle with cancer. Emily loved being active outdoors and sharing her love of nature and animals. She was a ski instructor at Catamount, Otis Ridge and Butternut ski areas in Massachusetts; Keystone and Berthoud Pass ski areas in Colorado; and the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Vermont...

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 3:20pm meganj By:  John Flowers This idea that (Ripton Elementary School) is worth ‘saving’ at any cost is elitist. When our taxes go up, how will our low-income neighbors afford to live here? — Ripton residents Heather and Joe Durante RIPTON — You’ll forgive Ripton residents this year for being more preoccupied by their neighbors’ town meeting results than their own. That’s because residents in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Salisbury...