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Buckfield board outlines next steps in RSU withdrawal process; commissioner will direct formation of withdrawal committee

Town of Buckfield Select Board · December 2, 2025
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Town staff said Buckfield has filed a withdrawal notice and is at 'step 5' of the statutory process; when the commissioner directs it, each petitioning town must form a four-member withdrawal committee that will negotiate a withdrawal agreement and submit it to the commissioner.

Speaker 2 updated the Select Board on the town's submission of a withdrawal notice to the regional school unit secretary and to the state commissioner of education and said Buckfield's public materials list the town as being on 'step 5' of the statutory process. Speaker 2 read aloud the statutory sequence and said "Step 6 says the commissioner shall direct the…

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