Slate Valley schools earn voters’ OK for budget

Slate Valley schools earn voters’ OK for budget

ORWELL — Orwell voters on Tuesday joined other Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) residents in approving a revised fiscal year 2026 public education budget of $31,623,010. Residents of the SVUUSD member towns of Orwell, Benson, Castleton, Fair Haven, Hubbardton and West Haven endorsed the PreK-grade 12 spending plan — which was $463,256 less than the one voters rejected on March 4 — by an 824-631 margin. The approved FY’26 spend…