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Gray resident urges action on petition over tax inequity; New Gloucester selects cost‑sharing representative
Summary
At an MSAD 15 school board meeting, Gray resident Bob Quigley urged the board to reactivate an ad hoc committee and address perceived inequities in how school taxes are assessed between Gray and New Gloucester. New Gloucester caucused and chose Teresa to serve on the district's cost‑sharing committee.
Bob Quigley, a Gray resident, used the public comment period to press the MSAD 15 school board to act on a year‑old petition seeking review of an alleged inequity in how school taxes are assessed between Gray and New Gloucester. Quigley said residents organized petitions and that ad hoc committees were appointed but “absolutely nothing” happened over the past year, adding, “we're still sitting here wondering what the hell's happened in the last year.”
Board members discussed the matter and added a caucus for New Gloucester to the agenda. After a brief recess, board members announced that New Gloucester had caucused and selected Teresa to represent the town on the district’s cost‑sharing committee.
The board said it will follow up: the superintendent reported staff are preparing requests for facilitation services and that the district has been in contact with a list of potential facilitators on the state roster to support the cost‑sharing process. The board did not set a public deadline for committee action during the meeting.
