Region 20 School Budget Vote: A Resounding “NO” Across the Board
Voters in the four Region 20 towns went to the polls on Tuesday, May 6, to decide whether to accept a $43.13 million 2025/2026 budget proposal and to take a 20-year loan of $3.5 million to cover a 2024/2025 deficit and to fund capital improvements and repairs. In all four towns, the response to both questions was a resounding “NO”, with voters indicating that the budget was just “too high”.
Tallies were as follows:
BUDGET
|
Town |
YES |
NO |
Reason |
|
Goshen |
313 |
575 |
643 Too High 176 Too Low |
|
Litchfield |
610 |
820 |
964 Too High 323 Too Low |
|
Warren |
108 |
131 |
161 Too High 48 Too Low 30 Blank |
|
Morris |
136 |
528 |
571 Too High 61 Too Low |
|
Totals |
1167 36.23% |
2054 63.77% |
|
BORROWING
|
Town |
YES |
NO |
|
Goshen |
326 |
561 |
|
Litchfield |
623 |
805 |
|
Warren |
103 |
134 |
|
Morris |
159 |
507 |
|
Totals |
1211 37.63% |
2007 62.37% |
The Board of Education will now have to retool their proposals and send them back to the taxpayers for another vote.
