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Community Schools Interview/Advisory Committee

We are pleased to announce that the Washington Central Unified Union School District is among the six recipients of the Community Schools Foundation Grant. As a part of the original configuration process, a number of board and community members raised questions about the possibilities and implications of a WCUUSD Community Schools Model as an avenue for deepening the purpose and design of our school district so that it provide a viable sustainability model for all members of the WCUUSD community. Our schools, buildings, children, and families are remarkable assets and resources to their communities, the WCUUSD Community Schools Model, supported by the Foundation Grant will seek to explore how we can expand on these assets to deepen the interconnectedness and vibrance of our entire district.

As members of the Vermont Community Schools Community, WCUUSD will use this foundational funding to build a shared vision of how a Community Schools model can support a fiscally responsible, programmatically diverse, and operationally sustainable future for WCUUSD. Foundational funding will be used to support a three-pronged approach to the WCUUSD Community Schools Model:

  1. Rigorous, relevant, and inclusive curriculum for all

  2. Expanded Community Health and Wellness services to address out of school barriers to learning

  3. Comprehensive ThirdSpace programming with robust community partnerships to ensure all students, families, and community members have access to learning beyond the school day.

We are currently seeking to create an advisory board to act as an interview committee for a Community School Coordinator and continue in an advisory and design capacity to the three areas of focus listed above.


The interview and advisory committee will be composed of 8-10 people members of each of the following: the current Configuration Committee, the WCUUSD Leadership Team, the U-32 student body, community members, and faculty/staff representatives. The task of the committee will be led by the Community School Coordinator and a member of the WCUUSD Leadership Team. If you are interested in participating in this committee, please read the Grant Overview for context and send an email to Rebecca Tatistcheff (U-32 Principal) expressing your interest, availability, and how your perspective aligns to the work of the committee to engage in helping to build and tune a WCUUSD Community Schools Model.