Education
The public education of local children has been and remains a high priority for Stowe residents. Stowe's first public school, a log structure located in the Upper Village, was built in 1803. One-room neighborhood schools continued to be build to serve a growing school population, generally within walking distance of the children they served. By 1882 there were 19 school districts, scattered throughout town. This district system was abolished in 1893 with the consolidation of neighborhood districts into a single town-wide district. It was not until 1954, however, with the construction of the Stowe Elementary School in Stowe Village, that the last of the town's one room schools was closed. The elementary school has since been updated and renovated, last in 1992, to meet the needs of the community and state educational standards. Secondary education took longer to arrive in Stowe. A tuition high school was established by the Village School District in 1863, and took in students from other districts and surrounding communities. Following local district consolidation, the Stowe High School was reorganized to provide publicly-supported secondary education, and graduated its first class in 1901. Both high schools were located in 1861, which now houses the Helen Day Art Center and Stowe Library. The present Stowe High School was built on Barrows Road in 1973, and a middle school wing was added in 1992. Stowe is a member of the Lamoille South Supervisory Union (with Elmore and Morristown) which provides a number of human resource, personnel and administrative services to the local school district. These include fiscal management, grant application and administration, data management, and instructional, curriculum, and assessment support. Stowe children (K-8) also have access to a new private educational facility, the Bishop Marshall Catholic School, located on Route 100 in Morrisville. Town residents have access to technical programs at the Lamoille Area Vocational Center in Morrisville, and other higher education programs within communting distance - including but not limited to the University of Vermont in Burlington, Johnson State College, and Community College of Vermont (CCV) programs in Morrisville and Waterbury.(Source: Stowe Town Plan ) 2008/2009 Stowe School District Enrollments K -32 1st-42 2nd-37 3rd-46 4th-54 5th-57 6th-51 7th-68 8th-48 9th-68 10th-51 11th-48 12th-59 Total 661
High and Graded School late 1800s now Helen Day Art Center and Stowe Free Library |
Stowe Elementary School
Kindergarten through 5th grade
Park Street
(802)253-4154
Richard Smiles, Principal
Stowe Middle School
Grades 6 - 8
Barrows Road
(802)253-6913
Melanie Carpenter, Principal
Stowe High School
Grades 9 - 12
Barrows Road
(802)253-7229
Jeff C. Maher, Principal
Stowe School Directors
Terry Dwyer
Susan Segal
Cameron Page
Ashley Tagatac Don Post Superintendent of Schools - Tracy Wrend
Lamoille South Supervisory Union
PO Box 340
Morrisville, VT 05661
(802)888-4541
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