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Loudon school-board candidates spar over $2 million SAU shortfall, state funding and vouchers
Summary
At a Loudon candidate forum, school-board candidates and residents pressed for clearer accounting and accountability after a reported $2 million shortfall in the Merrimack Valley School District budget and debated state funding, vouchers and special-education costs.
At a candidate forum in Loudon, multiple school-board candidates and residents pressed for accountability after the Merrimack Valley School District disclosed a roughly $2,000,000 shortfall and defended the need to keep student services intact.
Candidates said improving student proficiency and fiscal transparency are top priorities. “We have got to make a curriculum ... that teaches every child how to read and how to do math,” said Alexandra (School board candidate, Salisbury), noting published proficiency figures she said were “somewhere around 49%.” Tom Laliberte, a candidate and former elementary principal, said the district must balance student needs with taxpayers’ ability to pay and promised “to operate with openness and honesty” if elected.
Why it matters: Candidates and residents warned that cuts to positions and programs could harm student services and community safety.…
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