Washington County Voters Approve Bond to Expand Central Vermont Career Center
Washington County voters approved a $54.9 million bond to fund a new campus for the Central Vermont Career Center, nearly doubling the technical education capacity for regional high school students after a larger proposal failed the previous year, VTDigger reported.
Washington County Voters Pass Second Career Center Bond Attempt
Residents across 18 towns cast ballots following a multi-day tally that concluded on Thursday. The construction bond passed with 60% approval, recording 9,753 votes in favor and 6,609 opposed, according to the career center’s official announcement. Voters also approved a separate 30-year land lease with the Washington County Unified Union School District by a 62% margin to place the facility next to the U-32 Middle and High School in Montpelier.
The successful vote follows a sharp defeat in November 2025, when voters rejected a $149 million bond proposing a 167,000-square-foot standalone facility on a 27-acre property in Graniteville, Barre Town. Times Argus reported that the earlier plan failed 5,751 to 3,873. District leaders subsequently revised the project down to a 61,000-squ...