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East Kingston School District budget of $4.01 million heads to ballot after failed $2.95M amendment
Summary
Voters will decide a $4,010,428 operating budget for the East Kingston School District after a public amendment to reduce it to $2,950,000 failed during the Jan. 31 deliberative session. Board leaders cited fixed costs, special-education obligations and targeted program choices; residents questioned rising per‑pupil costs.
The East Kingston School District’s proposed operating budget of $4,010,428 will appear on the ballot after town voters at the Jan. 31 deliberative session rejected a citizen amendment that would have cut the figure to $2,950,000.
School Board Chair Kirsten Sorocco summarized the board’s rationale for the proposed budget, citing fixed, nonnegotiable costs — health and dental insurance, contractual salary steps under the collective bargaining agreement and transportation — that the district cannot unilaterally reduce. “The operating budget right now is really focused on fixed costs,” Sorocco said, and the board emphasized efforts to limit discretionary spending while preserving programs.
Principal Brandon French, who produced the…
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