The Community School District Board of Trustees approved seeking an up to $1.6 million bond referendum to fund what the board called critical repairs to both Boothbay region elementary and high schools. The board's Jan. 29 decision came after news that litigation around last year’s $30 million referendum for elementary school renovations will continue.
Dec. 31, a Lincoln County Superior Court justice ruled against the plaintiffs’ request for a new referendum for the major renovations. Jan. 16, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal in response, within the two-week deadline. In communications presented at the meeting, Alternative Organizational Structure 98 Superintendent Robert Kahler accused the plaintiffs of practicing delay tactics. He also said, if the district wins the suit, the major renovation project may be set back another year, adding around $2.1 million in escalated costs.
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