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RSU 06 business manager flags rising insurance, requests board guidance for 2026–27 budget
Summary
Business manager Don Pooler told the board the 2026–27 budget is in preliminary stages, with a preliminary 9% property-insurance estimate and a possible 20% health-insurance increase; she asked the board to provide a target for an acceptable tax-assessment increase to guide draft budgets.
Don Pooler, the district business manager, briefed the board on early work for the preliminary 2026–27 budget and asked trustees to provide guidance that will allow staff to model different tax-assessment scenarios.
Pooler said departments and principals verified staffing levels and returned non-labor budgets; most non-labor requests came in flat. She said three negotiated contracts already agreed will be built into next year’s budget and one contract…
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