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RSU 04 board narrows proposed budget increase, debates $150,000 capital-improvement designation
Summary
Board members discussed a reduced 2.97% budget increase that preserves an SRO post, and debated whether to designate $150,000 from fund balance to a new capital-improvement fund or to raise the budget instead.
The RSU 04 school board spent a large portion of its April 9 meeting debating the district’s 2025–26 budget, including a proposal to hold the town tax impact to a 2.97% increase while maintaining the school resource officer (SRO), and a separate proposal to establish a capital-improvement fund seeded with $150,000 from undesignated fund balance.
Superintendent (name not specified) and finance staff presented adjustments that reduced the previously proposed increase to 2.97% by trimming course-reimbursement estimates, special-education tuition projections, some technology costs and a planned equipment purchase in the maintenance cost center. The administration said it budgeted slightly under the actual insurance increase after negotiation…
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