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Salem board debates partial restoration after $1.1M operating‑budget cut; no final vote
Summary
Following a roughly $1.1 million reduction by the town budget committee, the Salem School Board discussed restoring between $500,000 and $1 million to the proposed operating budget and using retained fund balance to limit tax‑rate impact; the board scheduled follow‑up and did not adopt a final position at the Jan. 21 meeting.
At the Jan. 21 Salem School Board meeting, board members and administrators held an extended discussion about the district’s proposed operating budget after the town budget committee recommended approximately $1,100,000 in cuts.
Assistant Superintendent Debbie Payne and Attorney/Board Member Bernard Campbell led the budget conversation. Campbell described a “blended approach” that would restore part of the cuts (he suggested a restoration in the neighborhood of $900,000 to $1,000,000) while using unreserved or retained fund balance to offset the immediate tax‑rate impact. He told colleagues the district’s current recommended tax‑rate increase (before any…
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