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A $65,236,782 spending plan for Sweet Home’s schools, nearly $10 million dollars more than the current year’s adopted budget of $55,584,273, was approved Monday, May 8, by Budget Committee members.

Committee members, who on this day were composed entirely of School Board members plus Sweet Home resident Lori McKinnon, gave a unanimous stamp of approval to the 2023-24 proposed budget. It will now go before the School Board for approval at its next meeting on June 12.

The budget includes the addition of 1.75 full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching positions at the high school due to expecte...