<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Scarborough passed. Education net budget increase was 7.23% but estimated tax rate increase was only 3.93%.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Kate Bolton</div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">(she/her/hers and <a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/" target="_blank">here's why</a>)</font><br><div>Director of Business & Finance</div><div>Scarborough Public Schools</div><div>Tel: 207-730-4114</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"enableNoauth":false,"expandedWatermarking":false,"expires":false,"sms":false,"expirationNum":1,"expirationUnit":"days","expirationDate":"2025-06-14T16:37:36.875Z","isManaged":false,"persistentProtection":false},"attachments":{},"compose-id":"3","compose-window":{"secure":false}}"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container" style=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM Jennifer Gagnon <<a href="mailto:jlgagnon@sad15.org">jlgagnon@sad15.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">MSAD #15 Failed by 19 votes  5.93% budget increase.        Town % changes 9-11%</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM Zak Harding <<a href="mailto:zachary_harding@yarmouthschools.org" target="_blank">zachary_harding@yarmouthschools.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Yarmouth Passed 54% - 7.56% school expense increase - 6.6% Net Town and School combined increase. Revaluation year<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Zak</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM Heidi Sisco <<a href="mailto:hsisco@msad41.us" target="_blank">hsisco@msad41.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">MSAD 31 passed, a 5.14% increase over last year. An average of a 10% increase to the towns. <div>MSAD 41 failed, a 5.95% increase over last year. An average of a 30% increase to the towns due to a lack of fund balance, an increase in valuations & decreases in other expected revenues. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM Garnett Sias, Samantha <<a href="mailto:samantha.garnettsias@rsu4.org" target="_blank">samantha.garnettsias@rsu4.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">RSU4 failed by 16 votes, 3.54% increase over last year. Assessment increases average of 8.26% across the three towns.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM Powell, Terry <<a href="mailto:tpowell@rsu64schools.org" target="_blank">tpowell@rsu64schools.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small">RSU 64 Passed with a 1.29% increase.</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"><i>Terry</i></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Terry Powell<div>Financial Administrative Assistant/</div><div>Bookkeeper</div><div>RSU #64 Central Office</div><div>118-A Main Street</div><div>Corinth, ME  04427</div><div><br></div><div>207-285-3334 Ext 20231</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM Dawn Fickett <<a href="mailto:dfickett@msad37.org" target="_blank">dfickett@msad37.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">RSU/SAD #37 passed yesterday.  A whopping 137 voters district-wide in five towns...so sad!  But, hey, we got a budget.<div>86 yes, 51 no     Total budget increase of 4.5%, total taxation increase to towns 5.32%</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM Sherrie Proctor <<a href="mailto:sherrie.proctor@lakeregionschools.org" target="_blank">sherrie.proctor@lakeregionschools.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204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