[Vermont] Education Daily — November 9, 2026: Nine Days Late, and the Yardstick Is Still Being Built

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Nine days past the October 31 target, the Agency of Education's updated school and district profiles for the Act 170 merger committees are still not publicly posted — on the eve of a State Board committee day building the Quality Framework those mergers will be judged by, with class size minimum guidance newly posted, the transportation survey window closing, and Harwood's Waitsfield meeting tonight. Sources: - Vermont Agency of Education, News listings (https://education.vermont.gov/articles?page=0), checked the morning of November 9, 2026 — newest items are the November 4, 2026 Weekly Field Memo and the November 2, 2026 Teacher of the Year announcement; no posting of updated school and district profiles for Act 170 merger committees found. - Vermont Agency of Education site postings dated Friday, November 6, 2026 — Class Size Minimum Office Hours Slides; State Board of Education agendas for the Student Performance Standards Committee, Act 170 Quality Framework Committee, and Act 170 Merger Proposal Review Committee (November 10, 2026), the Roles and Responsibilities Committee (November 13, 2026), and the full Board meeting (November 18, 2026). To find: search education.vermont.gov for 'State Board of Education November 10 2026 agenda'. - Secretary of Education memorandum to the Vermont Learning Collaborative and Act 170 Regional Facilitators, October 23, 2026 — Quality Evaluation Framework development October-December 2026, with a goal of publishing the framework in December 2026 and the principle that committees receive expectations before proposals, not criteria after. - Lead Facilitator timeline reported October 21, 2026 (Chester Telegraph, summarized in DRM / JD Supra, 'Vermont School Consolidation: Progress Update 10.26.2026', October 26, 2026) — updated school and district profiles targeted for October 31, 2026; Educational Quality Rubrics expected late November 2026; fuller merger-analysis tools in January 2027. - Vermont Agency of Education, Superintendents Update, October 16, 2026 — Act 170 School Transportation Survey (LEA and CTE versions) due early to mid-November 2026. - 16 V.S.A. section 165 and Vermont Agency of Education, Education Policy Changes page — class size minimum averages: grade 1, 10 students; grades 2-5, 12; grades 6-8, 15; grades 9-12, 18, with prekindergarten, kindergarten, career and technical education, and specialized-course exclusions. - Waterbury Roundabout, November 6, 2026, 'Straw poll: Harwood board eyes closing Waitsfield, Fayston schools' — Harwood informal community meeting Monday, November 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m., Waitsfield Elementary School; Waitsfield board members asked the board to revisit the straw poll after that meeting; further informal meetings November 12 (Crossett Brook) and November 16 (Warren). AI Generated

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