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Cumberland and North Yarmouth voters narrowly approved the Maine School Administrative District 51 budget on Tuesday. The $56.7 million budget increased 5.46% from this fiscal year.
Cumberland voters approved the budget, 2,000-1,754, while North Yarmouth rejected the budget, 922-857. The final result for the shared district budget is a cumulative, 2,857-2,676.
The approval is similar to last June, in which North Yarmouth voters rejected the budget, but the vote count from Cumberland led to its approval.
The budget was first pitched in March at $57.9 million. Following community input, MSAD 51’s board of directors and staff trimmed it, cutting items including new classroom furniture, bus monitors and special education equipment to reduce the plan by 2.1%.
North Yarmouth and Cumberland voters initially adopted the budget at the district budget meeting on May 7.
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