Board debates open‑enrollment implications and reviews warrant articles on kindergarten, capital reserve and lease interest The board discussed potential consequences of state open‑enrollment (Title 15, ch. 194), debated selection criteria and fiscal risks, and reviewed several warrant articles (capital reserve consolidation, 2.5% fund‑balance retention, full‑day kindergarten estimated at $271,000 first year, and permitting spending of lease interest); Don moved to set fund‑balance retention at 2.5% which passed with one abstention.

Board members are grappling with the financial impacts of new open-enrollment laws while debating critical warrant articles that could reshape local education funding.

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