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Board asks city for $360,000 and proposes 1% tax increase to shore up school budget
Summary
The board voted 4–1 to ask the City Council for $360,000 to offset shared municipal services and unanimously approved a requested 1% tax increase to seed contingency funds, citing FY26–27 budget pressures and a potential FY26 deficit range of about $80,000 to $1.1 million.
The South Portland Board of Education voted to ask the City Council for $360,000 to offset shared municipal services and unanimously approved asking the council to consider a 1% tax increase directed into the district contingency.
Member Smith moved to request $360,000 to cover shared municipal services such as school resource officers and snow removal; Member Richardson seconded. The motion passed…
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