Overview and Mission
Working together to be stronger together…
Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) serves school age children in the towns of Craftsbury, Greensboro, Hardwick, Stannard, Wolcott and Woodbury. Our schools are a source of pride in our communities. We believe in creating strong student, family, staff, and community partnerships with the goal of providing an education that is relevant and meaningful to each child in our districts. Understanding that our students will be competing on a global level, we aim to offer programs and practices that respect diversity, embrace excellence, promote equity, and encourage lifelong learning. We take our responsibility seriously and appreciate the opportunity to work together to be stronger together in our school communities.
Our Mission
Empowering students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to be college and career ready and become successful, responsible and contributing members of both local and global society.
Six schools serve approximately 1,190 PK-12 students across six towns, and four counties with a total of six school boards.
School Information
Serves grades PreK-12
Principal: Lisa McCarthy
Serves grades PreK-6
Principal: Bill Deiss
Serves grades 7-12
Principal: Jason Di Giulio
Serves grades PreK-3
Principal: Beth Parker
Serves grades K-6
Principal: Dennis Hill
Serves grades K-6
Principal: Beth Parker
Stannard School District (Board web pages)
Serves grades 7-12
Early Learning and College and Career Preparation
OSSU also has a relationship with Green Mountain Technology and Career Center as well as early learning providers in our region. Learn more about Universal Prekindergarten here.
Vermont ACT 46
On June 1, 2018 the Vermont Agency of Education released the Proposed Statewide Plan for School District Governance 2015 Acts and Resolves No. 46, Sec. 10(a).