>Burrows made it clear the choice was student-driven due to an issue that he said has cropped up too many times in Vermont in recent years, not just at Enosburg

So, the players wanted this outcome. As for the insufficient measures, you're right that it doesn't specify, but reading between the lines I'd guess that Enosburg asked Middlebury to come do their homework for them and Middlebury quite rightly declined.