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Hollis/Brookline voters approve operating budget and several district funding items; SAU budget fails
Summary
Voters adopted the Hollis/Brookline Cooperative School District operating budget and approved trust and contract measures while the SAU-level appropriation and several tax-cap petitions failed. The meeting included extended debate over rules, open enrollment, and SB2.
Hollis/Brookline Cooperative School District voters on the annual 2026 meeting approved the district's operating budget and a set of related measures but rejected the SAU appropriation and several petitioned tax-limit proposals.
The assembly adopted the operating budget for fiscal year 2026-27 at $31,716,292 after budget committee and administration presentations that highlighted major cost drivers including rising bond debt, a 15.1% increase in health insurance costs and negotiated salary adjustments. The operating-budget article passed by voice count, 221 in favor and 212 opposed.
In votes that followed, voters approved: the second-year cost items in the three-year support-staff contract (Article 3, estimated additional cost $131,512), a facilities maintenance expendable trust (Article 4, up to $300,000 from the unassigned…
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