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RSU 60 board workshop narrows 2027 budget choices as members debate reading program and special-education costs
Summary
Board members at an RSU 60/MSAD 60 workshop on March 24 debated a target percent for the 2027 budget, weighing a proposal to fund a new reading curriculum against a roughly $400,000 special-education shortfall and districtwide salary increases.
Board members of RSU 60/MSAD 60 met in a budget workshop on March 24 to narrow options for the district’s proposed 2027 budget and to give administrators a single target figure for final work.
A board member said the board should aim for a 3% increase in school expenses, adding: “My my preference is to be at 3% when it comes to, school expenses. Not 5.15, but 3%.” That proposal explicitly included funding for a reading curriculum as part of the 3% target.
Board member Nancy Sewell presented a spreadsheet modeled on a 2.9% CPI increase as a starting point for comparing category-by-category differences with the administration’s proposed budget. “I increased each of them by 2.9%,” Sewell…
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