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Resident urges city leaders to correct record on Board of Education deficit, blames underfunding not overspending
Bristol City Council & Board of Finance (joint meeting) · November 3, 2025
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Summary
Shelby Ponds, a school council representative, told the City Council that the Board of Education deficit stems from underfunding and state Minimum Budget Requirement issues, not from Democratic board members’ overspending.
Shelby Ponds, speaking during public participation as a representative of a school council, urged the City Council and Board of Finance to correct what she described as misinformation circulating in town blaming Democratic Board of Education members for an $11 million deficit and a proposed 2‑mill tax increase.
Ponds said the Republican Town…
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