School officials received a petition with more than 300 signatures this week, which touted reasons why the Essex Junction School District should transfer the village's Recreation and Parks Department to the village government.
The Prudential Committee, which oversees the school district and the department, has declined to discuss the matter with the village Board of Trustees this fall, as the board requested in July.
"Our plates are full this fall, already," Linda Waite-Simpson, chairwoman of the committee, said at a meeting Monday. The school district needs to address the state-mandated Challenges for Change initiative before meeting with the trustees, Waite-Simpson said. She suggested meeting in April.
The petition requests that the two governing bodies "work together to achieve the transfer of governance" and "MEET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to review all the available data required to transfer the governance" in "an orderly and timely manner."
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In the News Timeline
- Essex Reporter: "Residents Call for Village to Run Rec Department" - July 8, 2010
- Essex Reporter: "Dispute Widens Over Recreation Oversight" - August 5, 2010
- Essex Reporter: "Trustees Shut Doors on Recreation Talks" - August 19, 2010
- Burlington Free Press: "Essex Junction School Board to Discuss Parks Department" - August 20, 2010
- Burlington Free Press: "Essex Junction Petition Seeks New Governance of Parks Dept." - August 27, 2010
- Essex Reporter: "Petition: Take Back Recreation Department" - September 2, 2010
- Essex Reporter: "Board Proposes Rec Study Timetable" - September 16, 2010
- Burlington Free Press: "Essex Junction panel seeks comments on Recreation Department" - September 20, 2010
- Burlingon Free Press: "Essex Junction officials to discuss parks governance" - November 5, 2010
- Essex Reporter Article: "Superintendent Deweese’s Thoughts about EJRP Governance" - December 2, 2010
- Essex Reporter Article: "Superintendent Deweese’s Thoughts about EJRP Governance (Part 2)" - December 9, 2010
- Recreation Advisory Council Supports School Governance
- Burlington Free Press: Essex Junction school officials make case to control Rec Department
- Prudential Committee Signs Renewed Recreation Agreement
- Burlington Free Press: Essex Junction schools seek Parks control through 2019 - February 16, 2011
- Burlington Free Press: Essex Junction Trustee Urges Resolution in Recreation Dispute - February 23, 2011
- Burlington Free Press: Essex Junction Seeks Injunction Against School District - March 9, 2011
- About the Injunction Against the Essex Junction School District
- EJRP Summer Programs & Pending Legal Action
- Burlington Free Press: Judge orders mediation in Essex Junction rec dispute - March 16, 2011
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