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Missisquoi Valley School District schedules expedited revote after budget defeat, proposes $287,000 reduction
Summary
Board approved a revised budget that trims roughly $287,000 from the previously defeated plan and set an expedited timeline (formation meeting and revote) to hold a revote in mid-April, citing updated statewide yield estimates that lower the district's tax rate.
The Missisquoi Valley School District #89 board moved on plans for an expedited revote of its budget after the previous proposition failed, approving a revised spending proposal and scheduling a special meeting to finalize the language for voters.
The finance director, Laura Mallister, told the board the revised package reduces expenditures by about $287,000 from the originally adopted budget and increases some revenue estimates, including higher tuition and special-education reimbursements. "We were able to increase revenues by about $285,000 from what we originally had proposed," Mallister said, and she explained those changes would lower net spending and the district's long-term weighted per-pupil…
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