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Parents and residents urge Oyster River board to restore $519,000 and keep six staff positions
Summary
Dozens of public commenters urged the Oyster River Cooperative School District board to publicly restore $519,000 that voters added at deliberative session to retain six roles (interventionists and a nurse). Speakers said the board should hold a public vote that night to show where members stand; the board asked administrators to return with costed scenarios before deciding.
Dozens of residents pressed the Oyster River Cooperative School District school board on Thursday to honor a voter-approved allocation and publicly confirm the retention of six staff positions.
Speakers during a lengthy public-comment period said voters explicitly added $519,000 to the operating budget at the deliberative session to save six roles — a mix of academic-support staff and a school nurse — and they asked the board to hold a public vote that evening to authorize administrators to place the money where the voters intended.
"The voters added $519,000 back into the line that would actually fund those positions," said Kobe Tridel, a Lee resident, urging an immediate motion and vote. Colin Blake Butler, also of Lee, told the board the budget amendment…
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