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Ad hoc education committee finds independent RSU 90 would face multi‑million deficit; recommends community forum
Summary
An ad hoc committee studying withdrawal from RSU 10 estimated a fiscal‑year 2026 operating gap of roughly $2.8 million for a hypothetical RSU 90 and recommended a final public forum before dissolving the committee.
Neil, a member of the ad hoc Education Exploration Committee, told the Buckfield Select Board on Aug. 2025 that the panel estimated the three towns’ revenue for a hypothetical separate district (to be designated “RSU 90” by the state) at $10,044,726 for fiscal 2026 and estimated operating expenses at $12,836,824.79, leaving an anticipated shortfall of about $2.8 million. The committee used ED 279 forms from the Maine Department of Education and current RSU 10 budget lines to ground its calculations, and removed Mountain Valley Community School construction costs because those are fully state funded and would not transfer to a withdrawn district. The committee presented its work line by line and recommended that the three towns consider dissolving the…
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