Written by Dr. Christine Carver
“What is the Town Referendum Process?”
I am often asked at PTO meetings by parents who have recently moved to the Bethel Community. The new community members had a lot of questions regarding the town referendum process for the education, town, and capital budgets. As we have many new families, I thought I might take this opportunity to provide our broader school community with this information, outlined in the town charter. These are the steps and timeline on the education side (and a very similar process happens on the town side):
1. The Superintendent proposes an education budget to the Board of Education in late January outlining the district needs.