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MEXICO Voters from 16 sending towns gathered Wednesday in the rain to approve budgets for the local technical school and adult education program.
Residents of the towns sending their students to Region 9 School of Applied Technology signed off on a $2.3 million budget for 2021-22 and an adult education budget of $401,167.
The 24 residents showed up at the school and voted from their vehicles, unanimously passing both budgets, 24-0.
The budget, not including the adult education portion, would spend $2,314 less than this fiscal year, which ends June 30.
The towns that send students to Region 9 School of Applied Technology are Rumford, Mexico, Roxbury, Hanover, Bethel, Newry, Woodstock, Greenwood, Dixfield, Canton, Carthage, Peru, Andover, Byron, Gilead and Upton.
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MEXICO The board of directors of Region 9 School of Applied Technology approved $2.3 million budget Wednesday.
The vocational school’s director, Brenda Gammon, said health insurance costs were $47,000 less than expected for 2021-22.
The total budget is $2,314 less than this fiscal year, which ends June 30.
Residents of the 16 towns sending students to the school will vote on the budget at 6 p.m. May 5 at the school at 377 River Road in Mexico. The towns are Rumford, Mexico, Roxbury, Hanover, Bethel, Newry, Woodstock, Greenwood, Dixfield, Canton, Carthage, Peru, Andover, Byron, Gilead and Upton.
In other business during the Zoom meeting, the board approved hiring Mason King as a full-time IT specialist starting July 1. He has been working one day a week at the school.