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MORE THAN 100 RESIDENTS IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT 75 came to a meeting at Mt. Ararat High School Wednesday night where they cast straw votes supporting a $60.6 million high school construction project. They voted 138- 5 in support of constructing a new high school, including the state-funded and locally-funded portions, totalling $60,019,274.Residents then voted 111-28 in favor of including $649,000 in the budget for artificial turf, bringing the total cost of the project to $60,668,274. The locally-funded share is $6.8 million. The district was required under the state’s school construction process to conduct the straw vote, and decided to seek support for the artificial turf field separately. A one-shot deal requiring community support to move forward, school officials wanted to ensure the most controversial element of the project wouldn’t put the rest of the project at risk. The school district will soon go before the state board of education. Voters in the four towns making up SAD 75 could vote on the project in a referendum that could be scheduled in March.
MORE THAN 100 RESIDENTS IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT 75 came to a meeting at Mt. Ararat High School Wednesday night where they cast straw votes supporting a $60.6 million high school construction project. They voted 138- 5 in support of constructing a new high school, including the state-funded and locally-funded portions, totalling $60,019,274.Residents then voted 111-28 in favor of including $649,000 in the budget for artificial turf, bringing the total cost of the project to $60,668,274. The locally-funded share is $6.8 million. The district was required under the state’s school construction process to conduct the straw vote, and decided to seek support for the artificial turf field separately. A one-shot deal requiring community support to move forward, school officials wanted to ensure the most controversial element of the project wouldn’t put the rest of the project at risk. The school district will soon go before the state board of education. Voters in the four towns making up SAD 75 could vote on the project in a referendum that could be scheduled in March.

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