school budget

The Universal Notebook: How to ruin a good Town Meeting

The Yarmouth Town Meeting last week went pretty much as it has all 27 years we've lived in town. A few hundred people showed up in the middle school gym, the annual Latchstring Award was given for outstanding community service, retiring School Committee members were given Windsor chairs in reco...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, June 8, 2009 at 9:20 am
Cape Elizabeth school budget opponents' claims questioned

CAPE ELIZABETH — A citizen group claiming to provide "analysis and research for accurate decision making" on town budgets and projects has distributed inaccurate information about the school budget. A flier titled "Vote no, too high and don't compromise on the schoo...

Sarah Trent • News •
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 5:50 pm
School budget squeaks past Cape Elizabeth council, heads to voters

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council narrowly approved the School Board's $20 million budget proposal, allowing taxpayers to vote on the 1.1 percent spending increase. Combined with municipal and county figures, the property tax rate would increase 0.6 percent, or 11 cents per $1,000...

Sarah Trent • News •
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Public speaks out against Scarborough school budget cuts

SCARBOROUGH — About a hundred people crowded into Town Council Chambers for Wednesday night's budget hearing. During nearly two hours of public comment, 32 people addressed the Finance Committee's recommended cuts of more than $800,000 to the school budget. Of those who spoke, onl...

Peggy Roberts • News •
Friday, May 1, 2009
SAD 51 sends flat budget to Cumberland, North Yarmouth voters

CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors approved a flat school budget that is likely to appease some taxpayers' concerns, but at the cost of more than 10 full-time jobs. If the $28 million budget is approved by voters on May 26, Cumberland faces a pro...

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 8:20 am
SAD 51 approves flat school budget for May election

CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative District 51 board approved a flat school budget to go to public vote in May. The $28 million budget includes recently controversial cuts, such as eliminating dean of students positions at the middle and high schools, but addresses many citiz...

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 9:30 am
Scarborough School Board members upset by budget action

SCARBOROUGH — School Board members are frustrated after the Town Council's Finance Committee and town manager recommended slashing more than $800,000 from their proposed budget. The cuts – over which the School Board has no say – came April 17, after the School Board had alr...

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Friday, April 24, 2009
Cape school budget cuts fail to avoid tax increase

CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Board voted Monday to reduce its proposed contingency fund, trimming $163,000 from next year's budget in response to a projected state subsidy cut of more than $500,000. The Town Council is expected to match School Board efforts, transferring $200,000 f...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009
SAD 51 board, public seek spending cuts

Employees asked to consider renegotiations CUMBERLAND — Despite a few positive financial surprises, including an increase of $231,000 in state aid for next year, School Administrative District 51 is still working to draft a budget palatable to taxpayers. The C...

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Subsidy cut leaves $500K hole in Cape Elizabeth school budget

CAPE ELIZABETH — If the state subsidy to schools is approved as currently proposed for fiscal 2010, the School Department will lose more than $500,000 in funding compared with this year's budget. The subsidy is proposed by the state at just below $2.6 million. The total school exp...

Sarah Trent • News •
Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 12:42 pm