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Public commenter urges council to reopen long‑standing school cost‑sharing agreement with North Yarmouth
Summary
During public discussion at the July 14 meeting, resident and former councilor Shirley Story King urged the Cumberland Town Council to reopen and renegotiate the district cost‑sharing formula with North Yarmouth and MSAD, saying Cumberland taxpayers paid a disproportionate share over the last decade. She cited an analysis she shared with the
Lede Shirley Story King of East Cumberland urged the Cumberland Town Council during public comment July 14 to seek renegotiation of the town’s school cost‑sharing agreement with North Yarmouth and the MSAD regional district, saying Cumberland has borne an outsized portion of school costs under an agreement she said dates to the 1960s.
Nut graf King told the council she reviewed a fiscal analysis prepared by former town official Bill Shane…
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