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Governor
Peter Shumlin says he wants to work to support legislation this winter that
would expand public school choice opportunities at the high school level. But the plan will face stiff opposition at the
Statehouse.
Blue lawn signs with the words I vote school
choice are springing up around the state. They signal a new development in an
old campaign: people worried that the school choice they now enjoy will end if
the state’s plan to merge districts goes forward.
For school districts that don’t have their own high school, families
choose which school their kids attend. But as school boards look for
ways to save money, limiting school choice might be an answer.