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ARTICLE 2: Special Education $7,809,600.00 ARTICLE 3: Career and Technical Education $39,300.00 ARTICLE 4: Other Instruction $632,850.00 ARTICLE 5: Student and Staff Support $2,833,300.00 ARTICLE 6: System Administration $828,500.00 ARTICLE 7: School Administration $1,636,200.00 ARTICLE 8: Transportation and Buses $1,593,600.00 ARTICLE 9: Facilities Maintenance $3,311,350.00 ARTICLE 10: Debt Service and Other Commitments $2,465,600.00 ARTICLE 11: All Other Expenditures $100,000.00 ARTICLE 12, S...

The communities of Waldoboro, Union, Warren, Washington and Friendship make up the school district.  Article 1: Shall RSU 40 appropriate the sum of $30,938,366 and raise the sum of $16,963,696.41 for the school budget?  The Regional School Unit No. 40 school budget submitted in this Article 1 totals $30,938,366.00. It includes locally raised funds in the amount of $16,963,696.41, to be assessed in shares to member municipalities in accordance with the RSU’s cost sharing formula and state l...

Election Day for this school budget is Tuesday, June 8.  To view a breakdown of revenues and funds to be raised over the last couple of years, click Article 1, School Budget: Shall the Town appropriate the sum of $3,699,521 and raise the sum of $3,366,030.94 for the 2021-2022 school budget?  The school and budget committees recommend a YES vote.  The Town of Lincolnville school budget submitted in this Article 1 totals $3,699,521. It includes locally raised funds in the amount of $3,366,...

HPT-SAD70Budget-1-052121 SAD 70 Board Chairman Ron Silliboy (right) gets sworn in by Executive Assistant Lori Lenentine to serve as moderator for Thursdays district budget meeting in Hodgdon. (Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times) SAD 70 Board Chairman Ron Silliboy (right) gets sworn in by Executive Assistant Lori Lenentine to serve as moderator for Thursdays district budget meeting in Hodgdon. (Joseph Cyr | Houlton Pioneer Times) Low turnout for SAD 70 budget vote A small group of just 18 pe...

Those wishing to participate in absentee voting are asked to contact their town office.  The state funding for FY ‘22 for the district was reduced by $607,345 or 5.98% in comparison to the funds received in FY ‘21, according to a letter from Superintendent Charles Brown. “The reduced funding is due to several factors included in the Maine Essential Programs and Services Formula (EPS); increases in property value across the district, a decline in enrollment of students, a decline in the...

SAD 1 BudgetWorkshop SAD 1 Operations Supervisor Bob Gagnon discusses recent and upcoming capital projects during a budget workshop. (Melissa Lizotte | The Star Herald) SAD 1 Operations Supervisor Bob Gagnon discusses recent and upcoming capital projects during a budget workshop. (Melissa Lizotte | The Star Herald) SAD 1 expects to enter next fiscal year in ‘good financial shape’ For the third consecutive year, SAD 1 is expecting to keep its fiscal year budget flat, resulting in no incr...

Voters swiftly passed 20 warrant articles, with only two attracting minor dissent.

3 articles added late will be hand counted BILL PEARSON Edgecomb Town Hall. File photo For the second consecutive year, Edgecomb voters will decide municipal spending through a referendum election. Selectmen opted against a traditional town meeting due to coronavirus concerns, and voters will head to the polls May 21 to decide municipal and school budgets and elect town officers. On April 6, selectmen finalized a 60-article warrant. Polls are open from 1 to 7 p.m. The proposed combined municip...

AUGUSTA — Senator David Miramant, D-Camden, introduced a bill this week that would require the State of Maine to meet its 55 percent contribution requirement to schools. LD 1114, “An Act To Require the State To Meet the Mandatory 55 Percent Contribution to Schools,” was the subject of a public hearing before the Legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. ­“Our school districts are struggling with annual budget increases due to inflation, and communities are resistant ...

RSU 24 Board approves 2 percent salary increase for superintendent SULLIVAN — The Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Board of Directors voted unanimously at its regular meeting Monday to raise Superintendent Michael Eastman’s salary by 2 percent for the 2021-22 school year following discussion in executive session.  According to the district’s 2020-21 adopted budget, Eastman’s current salary is $114,330. In other financial news, School Board member Keith Goldfarb gave an update on the di...