Applications for the James Cusick scholarship are now available from the Vernon Town Clerk’s office, they must be returned by 5 p.m. on July 3, 2019. You may either stop in to pick one up, ask for one to be mailed to you, or request one by email. Please call the office during business hours at 257 0292, extension 11, or email tarsenault@vernonvt.org.

Any Vernon resident as determined by V.S.A. 16: 1075 may apply for a scholarship for assistance for up to a total of four years, each year the resident may reapply. The purpose of the scholarship fund is for the resident to further their education or training upon receipt of a high school diploma or an equivalent as determined by the Vermont Department of Education. The resident shall become  eligible for the scholarship upon receipt of the application by the Select board Chair or the Town Clerk within six years of the date of graduation. A resident becomes ineligible at the end of the sixth year from when his/her high school diploma or equivalent certificate was awarded. Each applicant must have been eligible to attend the Vernon Elementary School system for a minimum of five academic years as a resident of the Vernon School District.