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Vermont Legislative Leaders to Discuss Education Financing
Public Forum on October 17th, 6pm at Woodstock Town Hall

[Woodstock, Vermont] October 4, 2024
Peter Conlon, Chair of the Vermont House Education Committee, and Emilie Kornheiser, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, will be leading a discussion on education financing in Vermont on Thursday, October 17th, 2024 at the Woodstock Town Hall. The discussion is free and open to the public.

Charlie Kimbell, Woodstock resident and former State Representative, is organizing the discussion. “This is a very large issue for our community,” said Kimbell, “and Peter and Emilie have the most current information to share.” The discussion is organized for 30 minutes of presentations by Conlon and Kornheiser and then a moderated Question and Answer session with the audience.
“This is not a campaign event,” stressed Kimbell, “but a topic of intense public interest given the large property tax increases and a failed bond vote to build a new school.”

Peter Conlon is a 4 term State Representative from Cornwall, Vermont. In addition to chairing the House Education Committee, Conlon is a member of the State Aid for School Construction Working Group which is to deliver its recommendations to the legislature in December of 2024, as well as the Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont.

Emilie Kornheiser is a 3 term State Representative from Brattleboro, Vermont. In addition to chairing the Committee on Ways and Means (the House “Tax” committee), Emily is the Chair of the Subcommittee on Education Financing as part of the Commission on the Future of Public Education.
Charlie Kimbell was a 3 term State Representative for Windsor-5. He has facilitated community forums on issues of local interest, including the opioid epidemic, economic development and the Woodstock Aqueduct Company.

“We’ve allocated 60 minutes for discussion,” said Kimbell. “We’ll have to end it after that amount of time because I promised Peter and Emilie dinner if they came.”
The meeting will also be available on Zoom at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87597515680?pwd=rhqlZQZkWNiGgi4eR0WLVq7bDAl7J7.1.

Thursday, October 17th 6:00 – 7:30 pm at the Town Hall.