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Buckfield withdrawal committee leans on state ED 279 form, requests DOE extension and seeks legal counsel
Summary
At its Jan. 8 meeting the Town of Buckfield BHS RSU withdrawal committee prioritized budget work for a possible RSU withdrawal, agreed to ask the Department of Education for an extension (each town chair must email contact Charlotte Dallas), and continued outreach for legal counsel before finalizing a draft budget.
The Town of Buckfield BHS RSU withdrawal committee spent the bulk of its Jan. 8 meeting mapping a path to a withdrawal budget, agreeing to seek an extension from the Department of Education and to press forward with legal counsel outreach.
Committee members said the immediate priorities are (1) obtain an updated ED 279 state worksheet, which one member described as the "spine" or starting point for a new budget; (2) have the RSU produce an Excel export that isolates district-wide and three-town costs; and (3) secure attorney support to handle outstanding legal questions and the RFP review. "Listen, I like how you described using the ED 279 as the skeleton and building from that," one committee member said during the meeting.
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