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Board debates restoring BAR program and staffing as it weighs a near-10% budget increase
Summary
At a budget workshop, administrators and board members debated proposed staffing cuts and restorations — especially at Noble Intermediate School — the cost to restore the BAR program (about $176,500), and whether to fund a districtwide reading program (estimated up to $500,000); follow-up workshops were scheduled to produce refined cost estimates.
The RSU 60/MSAD 60 school board spent its workshop session focused on staffing proposals, program restorations and curriculum priorities as administrators sought direction for a draft-2 budget. Staff said the draft budget as proposed would leave the district roughly 1 teacher down, 1.1 administrators down, add one custodian and add 5.6 education-technology positions (some funded by grants).
Central to the debate was Noble Intermediate School (NIS). Principal Archibald and other administrators outlined multiple staffing models for sixth grade — team structures of varying sizes or an elementary-style homeroom model — and explained how those choices affect PE, health, art and music pullouts and teacher…
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