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Voters must have open mind on Medford school referendum
For the first time, in a long time, the Medford School Board has a fighting chance of getting a referendum approved by district voters. After coming within less than 200 votes of getting a referendum approved in November 2020, attempts to refine and come back to voters in following elections were met with overwhelming negative responses.
Medford applies bulk of year-end carryover to future maintenance
Revenues were higher than budgeted and expenses were lower than budgeted. This works out to be good news for Medford Area School District taxpayers as it allows the district to put additional money into future school building upkeep and repairs along with ensuring funding for post employment benefit obligations. At...
Sending it to the voters
Medford school to send $22.6 million referendum to votes in November. The Medford School Board will be asking voters to approve a $22.6 million maintenance and infrastructure improvement referendum in November. At Monday’s school board meeting, members voted unanimously (with Brian Hallgren absent) to go to referendum after reviewing the...
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