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Budget committee previews warrant, flags petition articles on test scores, budget/tax caps before joint public hearing
Summary
The Hollis/Brookline Cooperative School District budget committee reviewed the warrant and highlighted several petition articles — including one to post state assessment scores on the district website and proposals to impose budget or tax caps — and said formal recommendations will be made after a joint public hearing next week.
The Hollis/Brookline Cooperative School District budget committee on Friday reviewed the district warrant and spent the bulk of its session previewing petition warrant articles that will be considered at a joint public hearing next week.
Chair Jeremy Mann told members that articles 1–6 (the SAU and operating budgets and routine items) had not changed since January, and that petition articles added to the warrant require special attention because petitioners will have a statutory right to present up to 10 minutes at each public hearing. Mann listed several petition items that the committee will hear, including an Article 7 request to require the district to display current and previous-year state assessment scores and rankings prominently on the…
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