{"id":12746,"date":"2026-09-25T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/strong-msad-58-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:13:01","slug":"strong-msad-58-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/strong-msad-58-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong MSAD 58 withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"\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-lewiston-sun-journal wp-block-embed-lewiston-sun-journal\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JmaiW3rE4S\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/08\/25\/strong-kingfield-school-withdrawal-plans-draw-mixed-feedback\/\">Strong, Kingfield school withdrawal plans draw mixed feedback<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cStrong, Kingfield school withdrawal plans draw mixed feedback\u201d \u2014 Lewiston Sun Journal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/08\/25\/strong-kingfield-school-withdrawal-plans-draw-mixed-feedback\/embed\/#?secret=HeGg13Vyhe#?secret=JmaiW3rE4S\" data-secret=\"JmaiW3rE4S\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kingfield and Strong residents will decide whether to stay in MSAD 58, or withdraw, forming individual school districts for each town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"Unclear. Should voters approve the withdrawal, a new school district will be formed for the town. A new school board will put forth a budget for town approval.","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":"A yes vote will approve the town to leave its current school district, MSAD 58, to form its own district.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"A no vote will keep the town a part of MSAD 58.","voter_guide_referendum_related_links":"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/08\/25\/strong-kingfield-school-withdrawal-plans-draw-mixed-feedback\/","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-12746","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13450,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12746\/revisions\/13450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=12746"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=12746"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=12746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}