The Lisbon School Committee moved forward this week with a $121,000 cut to a $21.3 million budget that was rejected twice by the Androscoggin County town.

Superintendent Chris Green told the committee on Monday that savings would come from cutting support for a school resource officer and adult education, as well as the elimination of an athletic trainer position. The cuts will bring the proposal down from a 2.9 percent increase to a 2.4 percent increase.

It’s the latest attempt by officials to placate voters protesting high property taxes . Lisbon is one of more than a dozen towns across Maine that has seen school budgets fail this year, and the local feud that has spilled out of the process might be the biggest one of them all.

Earlier this month, Lisbon voted down the school budge

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