Sixty Chinese students would take part in the program the first year and 120 the next, earning diplomas from Mt. Blue and their Chinese school.

In a fourth attempt to pass a budget that will satisfy voters in a referendum, 522 district residents approved $10.27 million for regular instruction and $5.25 million for special education.

For the fourth time this budget season, RSU 9 residents to try to come up with a school budget that will pass referendum.

The School Board will host the budget meeting Oct. 11 ahead of the fourth referendum.

A third budget — cut by $1 million by residents at a meeting — failed at the polls, sending the school board back to the drawing board.