Pioneer’s proposed FY22 budget fails in tied School Committee votes
Pioneer Valley Regional School. Staff File Photo/Zack DeLuca
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NORTHFIELD — A motion to pass the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District hit a road block last week, failing twice in consecutive 6-6 votes from the School Committee.
The four-hour meeting on Thursday saw over two hours of discussion on the budget and a 7-5 December vote to move sixth-graders to Pioneer Valley Regional School for the coming fall. During an earlier public hearing on the proposed $14,851,290 budget, School Committee member David Young of Warwick had urged fellow members not to vote in favor of the budget — which requires a two-thirds majority to be approved — in an effort to delay the sixth-grade move.