ART MAYERS, News Contributor
Gary Blau shows a flier he designed for selectmen. ART MAYERS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Flier posted at the Dresden Take Out entrance. Art Mayers/Wiscasset Newspaper
Dresden selectmen Gerald Lilly and John Rzasa voted Tuesday night, May 25 to reactivate the committee that studied withdrawing from Regional School Unit 2. Selectman Alan Moeller was absent.
Selectmen have also commissioned a poster opposing the RSU 2 school budget.
Resident Gary Blau said he volunteered to create a poster with an illustration of a boy screaming “bully” at a monster which resembles the COVID-19 virus. “ I found it on the internet,” Blau said of the image.
ART MAYERS, News Contributor Wed, 04/14/2021 - 7:45pm
Upset by the prospect of a proposed 8.8 percent increase in school taxes, Dresden selectmen and some residents Tuesday, April 13 raised the prospect of rejecting the proposed Regional School Unit 2 budget or withdawing from the district.
“ We can vote it down,” said board member Allan Moeller. He recited the $186,400 increase selectmen learned of in a Zoom meeting the RSU 2 School Committee held the previous evening. “They need to go back to the drawing board,” Moeller added.
“They offered us no plan B,” said Administrative Assistant Mike Faass.
Moeller said selectmen were told if Dresden dropped out, it would save the district money. Enrollment in area schools had been dropping steadily, he said.
Proposed budget has Dresden considering withdrawal from Hallowell-area school district
Dresden is not the only municipality critical of Regional School Unit 2 s proposed spending plan. Farmingdale and Monmouth officials are also questioning how they would pay what the district is asking.
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DRESDEN A first look at Regional School Unit 2’s proposed budget for 2021-22 has Dresden officials considering withdrawing from the district.
Dresden is not the only municipality critical of the school district’s proposed spending plan. Farmingdale and Monmouth officials are also questioning how they would pay what the district is asking.
RSU 2 enrolls students from Dresden, Farmingdale, Hallowell, Monmouth and Richmond, which has begun efforts to withdraw from the district.
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