A bond project in Cape Elizabeth and the budget in Gorham are among the elections that are expected to be closely contested on Tuesday.
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Cape Elizabeth voters prepare for pivotal vote on $86.5 million school project
It is the third time Cape Elizabeth voters have been asked whether they approve of a hefty investment in the town’s schools in the past four years, with previous efforts failing at the polls in 2022 and 2024.
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Maine ethics commission delays decision on Cape Elizabeth school district complaint
The commission opted to have its counsel submit a memo on a 2009 ruling in South Portland, which seems “distinct” from Cape Elizabeth’s case, according to some commissioners, but does set a precedent.
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How newspaper advertisements sparked an ethics complaint against Cape Elizabeth’s superintendent
Superintendent Chris Record and filers Larry Benoit and Mary Ann Lynch spoke about the complaint this week, which alleges Record and the school department should have filed as a ballot question committee last year ahead of the $95 million school project referendum.
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Cape Elizabeth residents file ethics complaint over school district’s ads on bond referendum
The complaint says the district and superintendent should have registered as a ballot committee because they spent more than $5,000 on advertising in support of November’s $95 million school bond vote.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
Letter: Now is the time to invest in Cape Elizabeth school district staff
Feeling anxious and hopeless regarding our current political climate? Then now is the time to invest in the essential professionals working in our school system. Like other districts around us, Cape is facing a budget shortfall this season (see Sentry article “South Portland to lay off teachers, ed techs, administrators“). But ours is not due […]
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Public hearing scheduled for Cape Elizabeth’s $86.5 million school project
The public hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 24.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
$86.5 million school project headed to Cape Elizabeth’s ballot
The proposal, a modified version of one that failed by less than 200 votes in November, would build a new middle school, conduct renovations and additions at the elementary school and repairs at the high school.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
Cape Elizabeth School Board considers reductions to new school project
Using the school’s capital improvement plan budget over the next 12 years to finance some of the additions was also suggested in order to reduce costs.
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Cape Elizabeth launches third attempt at a new school project
A $116 million referendum was soundly rejected by voters in 2022 and a $94.7 million one was narrowly defeated in November.