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Whitman select board member urges transportation review to avoid override
Summary
At the April 15 meeting, Whitman select board member Shawn Kane urged the Whitman-Hanson Regional School Committee to study transportation options and cost allocations — especially non-mandated bussing — to avoid a potential override and to share the budget burden equitably between Whitman and Hanson.
Shawn Kane, a Whitman resident and member of the Whitman select board, used the committee's public-comment period to press for a fresh analysis of transportation costs and regional cost-sharing as the district finalizes its FY27 budget.
Kane said community sentiment about a tax override is "not very positive right now," and described about $500,000 in reductions that the recent budget scenario had to absorb. He argued the district should seek scenarios that both avoid an override and "share the burden." Kane asked the…
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