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Select Board declines last-minute $1.08 million amendment to restore K5 world-language program
Summary
A late proposal to add $1,079,213 to the school budget to preserve the K5 world-language program drew debate about funding sources, pedagogical evidence and municipal fiscal practice; the Select Board voted no action on the amendment.
Select Board members decided not to advance a last-minute budget amendment that would have added $1,079,213 to the School Department budget to preserve the K5 world-language program.
Bob Miller, a town meeting member, proposed the amendment and argued the program has been locally funded through prior overrides and that the town should preserve core educators while the community considers long-term…
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