2006 Adoption Note.

1970 Wheelock and Sheffield each voted to form a union school district and agreed to articles which have since been amended in Article 9.

1978 Article 9 amended.

1. That the School Districts of Wheelock and Sheffield are necessary for the establishment of the proposed union.

2. That only Wheelock and Sheffield are advisable at this time.

3. That a K-12 Union School District be proposed. Grades 9-12 shall continue to be educated at Lyndon Institute on a tuition basis.

4. That the cost approximate $150,000, including a proposed building site on the North side of Route 122 about 3/4 of a mile from Sheffield Village and about 1 mile from Wheelock Village.

5.(a) That transportation be the responsibility of the Union School board members.

(b) That the teaching staff be composed of four regular teachers and curriculum be as basic and as broad as can be provided.

6. That no indebtedness exists.

7. That there shall be no purchases of existing facilities.

8. That the capital and operating expenses be based on the A.D.M. present formula.

9. That each sending town of the Union District shall be entitled to three members on the Union District No. 37 School Board.

10. That the School Director's terms shall be staggered on a one year, two year, and three year term of office.

11. That the Union proposal be submitted to the voters of each town as soon as possible in accordance with the Statutes.

12. That the Wheelock elementary pupils will be using temporary quarters in the Wheelock Town Hall following destruction of the school by fire on December 3, 1969. Sheffield elementary school facilities are outmoded and overcrowded.