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RSU 04 board debates restoring two teachers as proposed budget rises 8.85%; members press for stipend and supply cuts
Summary
Board members discussed adding two teaching positions to the FY budget while grappling with a proposed $23.49 million budget — an 8.85% increase — and debated possible offsets including supply reductions, stipends and contracted services. No final action was taken; staff will return with revenue figures and staged reduction options.
The RSU 04 school board spent more than an hour debating whether to restore two teaching positions to the proposed fiscal‑year budget as staff presented a bottom line that would raise total spending to $23,486,544.82 — roughly $1.9 million, or 8.85%, above last year.
Board members repeatedly said teachers, support staff and facilities should be top priorities. "If it's affordable, [I] would put teachers back in," one board member said, while another argued that the administration should be trusted to place newly funded teachers where they are needed most. Members were split on whether to specify placements (for example, a high‑school science…
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