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VOLUME 48, NO. 17
South Burlington School board adopts third budget LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
As the fourth hour of Wednesday night’s school board meeting waned, the South Burlington School Board adopted its third proposed budget of $68,082,002 and warned a vote for May 7. The district’s new $68 million budget is down from the initial budget of $71 million, shot down by 784 votes on Town Meeting Day. Voters defeated the district’s
second budget of $69.5 million by 150 votes earlier this month. The new million spending plan represents a year-on-year spending increase of 8.9 percent and a single-digit homestead property tax rate increase of 9.55 percent, reduced from 14.5 percent in the last budget vote and 23 percent associated with the first budget. The board, which does not See BUDGET on page 12
Orchard elementary gets new principal LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
After a two-month search, Olivia Kane is Orchard Elementary School’s new principal. Kane has served for the past two years as the school’s assistant principal. She starts her new job on July 1. Mark Trifilio, the school’s principal for 15 years, announced his retirement from the South Burl-
ington School District in February, and just weeks later was placed on leave for an unspecified amount of time related to an “ongoing investigation.” Details of the leave have not been released by school district officials. A hiring committee formed in February and three final candidates were interviewed at a community
Treasure hunters South Burlington and its recreation department held a citywide yard sale April 21 at Rick Marcotte Central School featuring an afternoon of sales, food, ice cream and refreshments.
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