It took 15 Wiscasset residents less than a half hour to endorse 20 school budget articles in Wiscasset Middle High School’s Stover Auditorium Wednesday night, May 12. Voters approved the 2021-22, $9.1 million budget without discussion or objection.

“I am doing all I can to bring a fair and equitable budget to the townspeople and also run a successful program for the students. It is all about the students,”  Superintendent Terry L. Wood said in advance of the meeting.

Wood said she is also talking with parents who have been homeschooling during the previous year due to COVID-19 about coming back into the system. She said parents from surrounding towns have been showing interest in returning to Wiscasset.

Several budget categories showed cost reductions, including a $770,149 decrease in regular instruction. Administration costs dropped by $72,598. Wood said help from the federal coronavirus relief fund kept costs down.

Susan Blagden moderated the meeting.