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Wainscott Begins Looking at 'Impossible' Budget Cutting

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David Eagan, center, the longtime president of the Wainscott School Board, said that asking New York State to help the district dig out of the financial hole that voters left it in by rejecting the 2023-24 budget is unlikely to garner much support from lawmakers and could threaten the very existence of the school as an independent district. MICHAEL WRIGHT

David Eagan, center, the longtime president of the Wainscott School Board, said that asking New York State to help the district dig out of the financial hole that voters left it in by rejecting the 2023-24 budget is unlikely to garner much support from lawmakers and could threaten the very existence of the school as an independent district. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Superintendent Deborah Haab and school board member Kelly Anderson. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Superintendent Deborah Haab and school board member Kelly Anderson. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Jun 28, 2023
Still clearly shell-shocked by the rejection from voters of a budget that could threaten the very existence of the Wainscott School District, the school’s administrators and School Board this past... more

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