After a failed motion to cut spending increases by over half, the Community School District (CSD) School Board approved a $12,742,897 budget for the 2025 fiscal year, 4-2. Residents will vote on it at an upcoming district meeting and validation.
It was hard to stand out at the Dec. 12 Community School District school board meeting because the highlight came first. Administrators and board members followed a performance by Boothbay Region High School’s (BRHS) choir, who sang several holiday.
Concerns about overworked administrators, rising costs and financially strained taxpayers set the tone for an at times tense Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 school board meeting Dec. 6. The board came to discuss the proposed budget for.