Local school boards have been busy over the past few months putting the finishing touches on their 2014-15 school budgets.
In SAD 70 (Amity, Cary, Haynesville, Hodgdon, Linneus, Ludlow and New Limerick), residents will have a chance to weigh in on the proposed $6,502,989 budget for 2014-15 at a public hearing on Thursday, May 29 at 7 p.m. at the Hodgdon High School gymnasium. That budget is up $121,000 from last year’s figure (1.9 percent).
The school budget will go to a public referendum Tuesday, June 10, with ballots cast in each of their respective communities.
In Houlton, the RSU 29 public referendum on the school budget was held Tuesday evening. As originally presented, next year’s spending plan of $12,904,643 is an increase of $225,385 (1.78 percent) over the previous year.
Details of the RSU 29 public hearing will appear in next week’s edition of The Houlton Pioneer Times. The school budget will go to a public referendum Tuesday, June 10, with ballots cast in each of their respective communities.
In RSU 50, residents will have an opportunity to weigh-in on the proposed $9,820,958 budget on Thursday, June 5 at 7 p.m. in the Southern Aroostook Community School’s multi-purpose room. The proposed budget is an increase of 4.57 percent.
RSU 50 is a consolidated school district between SAD 25 and CSD 9 and comprises the communities of Crystal, Dyer Brook, Hersey, Island Falls, Merrill, Moro, Mt. Chase, Oakfield, Patten, Sherman, Smyrna and Stacyville. The school budget will go to a public referendum Tuesday, June 17, with ballots cast in each of their respective communities.
SAD 14 (East Grand School in Danforth) will hold a public referendum on Monday, June 16 for its fiscal plan. The spending package of $2,309,196 is an increase of $275,808 (13.6 percent increase) over last year. Superintendent Terry Comeau said much of the increase was due to the district no longer having a carryover to help reduce the tax impact.
Bancroft will hold its budget referendum on Wednesday, May 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the town hall. That spending plan is $164,596, an increase of $9,183 (5.9 percent).
Orient will hold its public referendum on Thursday, May 29, at 6 p.m. at the town hall. The Orient budget is $240,139, which is an increase of $63,256 (35.8 percent) over the previous year.
