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Residents raise concerns about proposed cooperative district study and potential tax impact

East Kingston School District · December 9, 2025
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Summary

During public comment, residents asked the board to place a cooperative school district study on the warrant and warned it could raise taxes, convert buildings to voucher-style schools and benefit other agencies; board members said they had not yet examined costs and emphasized it was only a study.

During the meeting’s public-comment period, residents urged the board to consider a warrant article for a cooperative school district study and raised concerns about potential tax increases and school governance changes.

Joseph Kechetari, who identified himself and said his children attend the school, asked the board to put a warrant article "for a cooperative school district study under…

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