With a much smaller turnout than participated in the previous referendum, in September, voters approved the $33.6 million school budget.

The $33.63 million package represents an increase of $887,984 over last year’s budget.

District will enter into five-year lease-purchase agreement to buy 77-passenger Blue Bird.

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.