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Kensington hearing on warrant article 5: residents warn per-pupil cap could force teacher cuts, staff detail special-education costs
Summary
A public hearing on warrant article 5 in the Kensington School District drew residents and staff who said a proposed per‑pupil budget cap would force significant cuts and could lead to teacher layoffs.
A public hearing on warrant article 5 in the Kensington School District drew several residents and school staff who said a proposed per-pupil budget cap would force significant cuts to school programming and personnel.
Wendy Larson, a Kensington resident and candidate for the Kensington School Board, said the proposal — which would require the district not to submit a recommended budget higher than $28,500 per pupil times average daily membership as of Oct. 1 plus an annual CPI-U inflation adjustment — would “mean letting teachers go.” Larson said, “if this was to pass, it would be about a half a million dollar cut to the budget, and that would mean letting teachers go.”
The petition text read at the start of the meeting cites RSA…
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