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Residents press board on kindergarten cost slide and request citizen petition process for agendas
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 17 school board meeting residents asked the board to correct a posted cost figure for full-day kindergarten and requested a formal policy allowing citizens to petition the board to place items on future agendas.
Two members of the public used the Feb. 17 meeting's public-comment period to raise two separate governance issues: one about the cost presentation for a full-day kindergarten warrant article, and another asking the board to consider a formal petition process enabling citizens to place items on school-board agendas.
Jane Ash of Seaton Drive said the district's presentation slide and some local press still show a $365,000 figure for converting half-day kindergarten to full-day kindergarten; she asked the board to revise posted materials to reflect the correct combined tax impact she said totals…
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