{"id":3952,"date":"2026-05-26T18:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/?post_type=referendum&#038;p=3952"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:52:12","slug":"rsu-5-school-budget","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/rsu-5-school-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"RSU 5 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $47.6 million budget represents a 7.1% increasefrom the current year&#8217;s $44.4 million budget for Regional School Unit 5. The estimated tax impact for the towns is a 5.4% increase in Durham, a 3.9% increase in Freeport, and a 5.8% increase in Pownal.<\/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-the-portland-press-herald wp-block-embed-the-portland-press-herald\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oV2wFXcqgI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/05\/27\/freeport-area-schools-pass-47-6-million-budget\/\">Freeport-area schools pass $47.6 million budget<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Freeport-area schools pass $47.6 million budget&#8221; &#8212; The Portland Press Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2026\/05\/27\/freeport-area-schools-pass-47-6-million-budget\/embed\/#?secret=q8kD2FHNAU#?secret=oV2wFXcqgI\" data-secret=\"oV2wFXcqgI\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $47.6 million budget represents a 7.1% increasefrom the current year&#8217;s $44.4 million budget for Regional School Unit 5. The estimated tax impact for the towns is a 5.4% increase in Durham, a 3.9% increase in Freeport, and a 5.8% increase in Pownal. 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":[1176,1177,1178],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-3952","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-durham","vg_municipality-freeport","vg_municipality-pownal"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/3952","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/3952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3986,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/3952\/revisions\/3986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=3952"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=3952"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=3952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}