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Regional School District 11 board adopts $7,275,881 budget, sends measure to July 1 referendum
Summary
The Regional School District 11 Board of Education voted 4–2 to adopt the proposed $7,275,881 2025–2026 budget and schedule a referendum on July 1, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Chaplin, Hampton and Scotland. The meeting adjourned at 5:57 PM.
The Regional School District 11 Board of Education voted to adopt a proposed $7,275,881 budget for fiscal year 2025–2026 and to send the question to a public referendum on July 1, 2025.
Vice Chair Michael Smardon made the motion to approve and adopt the proposed 2025–2026 budget in the amount of $7,275,881 and to adjourn the meeting to a referendum to be held July 1, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the towns of Chaplin, Hampton and Scotland; Joy Becker seconded the motion. The board recorded four ayes (Michael Smardon, Joy Becker, Camden Kammer and Ellen Gillon) and two nays (Cassidy Martin and Stacy Foster). The motion passed.
The vote followed a public-comment period in which three residents—Cathy Donahue of Hampton, Richard Weingart of Chaplin and Jennifer Nelson of Scotland—spoke; Chair Stacy Foster also relayed comments on behalf of Juan Roman. The transcript lists those public commenters but does not record the substance of their remarks.
Superintendent Andrew Skarzynski was present for the special meeting; three board members were listed as absent. The meeting was called to order at 5:39 PM and adjourned at 5:57 PM after a unanimous procedural motion to adjourn was made by Cassidy Martin and seconded by Michael Smardon.
The board’s action places the proposed spending plan before voters at the referendum; the transcript does not specify budget line items, program changes, or funding sources.
