Inside Vermont's messy fight over school district mergers Vermont, like many states, has recently proposed merging school districts to cope with falling enrollment. Research on whether the strategy saves money or helps students is mixed.

Merger fail: «She found that mergers did yield some savings, but it was soaked up by new spending such as higher salaries in newly combined districts and higher costs to bus students to and from schools farther away.» #K12 #SchoolMergers #Vermont #K12Funding

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