BY RYAN O’CONNOR

An oddity in today’s world of increased government spending, the Dunbarton School District will present a proposed operating budget lower than the current fiscal year when it convenes at School District Meeting on Saturday, March 10.

Dunbarton School Board members, having been informed that the district could be receiving a 15 percent decrease in state adequacy aid, worked diligently to establish an operating budget lower than the current fiscal year.

The proposed operating budget is $4,685,984, down from last year’s approved budget of $4,723,983.

The district will again vote on SB2 as well, after residents submitted a petitioned warrant article calling for an official ballot law form of government, which allows residents to vote on town related issues through ballot on election day rather than at a traditional open Town Meeting forum.

Last year, SB2 failed by a vote of  487-251 on the school district ballot.

The ballot also includes a $71,000 article to finance, furnish and install an emergency diesel generator.

School District Meeting will take place at the community center at Dunbarton Elementary School on Saturday, March 10, at 7 p.m.