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It's school budget referendum season: yard signs across the state proclaiming variations of “vote no, too much overhead” or “vote yes, our students our future.”
In some places, the question goes beyond the budget.
This week, our education reporter Kristian Moravec takes a close look at a debate one western Maine town is having over whether it should leave its school district altogether — and explains what the process entails.
There are other towns in the same boat, looking for relief as property values, and thus taxes, are spiking across Maine, and as growing education costs have prompted cries to reassess the state's formula for funding public schools.
You can read Kristian's reporting below, along with stories on how federal cuts could jeopardize an EMS home-visit program, a new law that requires landowners to report enrollment in forest carbon programs, and more.
As always, we'd love to hear from you — thoughts and story ideas welcome.
— Stephanie |
