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Superintendent: enrollment decline, staffing adjustments and rising health‑insurance costs drive budget choices

3352717 · May 17, 2025
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Superintendent Clay Gleason told voters the district has about 300 fewer students than 10 years ago, prompting reductions of six instructional positions and one mechanic in the proposed budget, and noted a multi‑year rise in health insurance costs that added about $2 million over two years.

Superintendent Clay Gleason told RSU 06 voters the district’s budget choices reflect declining enrollment, staffing adjustments and sharply higher benefits costs.

Gleason said the district has “about 300 more fewer kids than we did 10 years ago,” and that the administration reduced six instructional positions and one mechanic in the proposed budget. He said high school enrollment…

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