{"id":3009,"date":"2026-05-24T18:19:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T18:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metln.local\/voter-guide\/?post_type=referendum&#038;p=2732"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:56:19","slug":"winthrop-school-budget-validation","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/winthrop-school-budget-validation\/","title":{"rendered":"Winthrop school budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winthrop residents will decide whether to approve the school budget for next year. The proposed budget approved by the school board is $15.6 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e44e021b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-centralmaine-com wp-block-embed-centralmaine-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jW2tPyOKLm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centralmaine.com\/2026\/03\/20\/winthrop-school-board-approves-5-4-budget-increase-despite-concerns-about-class-sizes\/\">Winthrop school board approves 5.4% budget increase despite concerns about class sizes<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Winthrop school board approves 5.4% budget increase despite concerns about class sizes&#8221; &#8212; Centralmaine.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centralmaine.com\/2026\/03\/20\/winthrop-school-board-approves-5-4-budget-increase-despite-concerns-about-class-sizes\/embed\/#?secret=MvhznZaOEW#?secret=jW2tPyOKLm\" data-secret=\"jW2tPyOKLm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winthrop residents will decide whether to approve the school budget for next year. The proposed budget approved by the school board is $15.6 million. Read more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[1115],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-3009","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-winthrop"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/3009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/3009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3769,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/3009\/revisions\/3769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=3009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}