GILFORD — Gilford School District voters will decide on a proposed operating budget with a 2.76% increase at the March 10 district meeting, and if all warrant articles are approved, the budget total would be a 4.26% increase from last year.

The Gilford School Board unanimously approved Article 2 in the district’s warrant on Dec. 1, which asks voters to approve an operating budget with a 2.76% increase over the default budget. The proposed operating budget is $32.2 million and, if defeated, would revert to the default budget of $31.4 million, which is last year’s total.

“The board wanted it in the 2%-3% range, and I think we hit that,” Superintendent Kirk Beitler said in a post-meeting interview. “We have reduced a little bit of staffing to manage that, and keep the status quo, so we can

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