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Governor Peter Shumlin says he wants to work to support legislation this winter that would expand public school choice opportunities at the high school level. But the plan will face stiff opposition at the Statehouse.

Blue lawn signs with the words I vote school choice are springing up around the state. They signal a new development in an old campaign: people worried that the school choice they now enjoy will end if the state's plan to merge districts goes forward.

A recent change in Vermont law allows towns that currently have school choice to designate a public school for their students.

For school districts that don't have their own high school, families choose which school their kids attend. But as school boards look for ways to save money, limiting school choice might be an answer.