Barre strikes down school budget for a second time

Barre’s proposed school district budget fails — again

The Barre City Elementary and Middle School seen in Aug. 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 5:39 p.m. The Barre Unified Union School District lost its budget revote Tuesday, making it the fifth school district in the state to fail to pass its budget a second time.  According to results from the Barre city clerk and the Barre town website, the budget vote failed 54% to 46%, with Barre city voting in favor of the budget while Ba…

Barre board may not rush revote following second failed budget

BARRE — The Barre Unified Union School District may well enter the new fiscal year without a voter-approved budget following Tuesday’s stinging defeat of a re-tooled $57.5 million school spending plan.

Barre strikes down school budget for a second time

Barre Unified Union School District voters rejected the district’s revised $57.4 million school budget during a May 12 revote. The proposal passed in Barre City but failed in Barre Town, losing overall by a 1,436-1,229 margin.

Barre votes down school budget, Two Rivers Supervisory Union passes

Two more Vermont school districts voted on their budgets on Tuesday night.