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Source: Portland Press Herald, MaineSept.儲存 04--PORTLAND -- Portland residents are at the polling stations today to vote on a $1.9 million supplemental school budget referendum."Passage of the referendum is critically important," said Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk in a release. If it fails, "we will be forced to cut $1.4 million from our current year's budget, which would require major staff reductions."The Legislature increased Portland's subsidy by $1.9 million before its session ended. That prompted the school department to propose budget changes and go back to the city's voters for ano新蒲崗迷你倉her approval referendum.The school department plans to use $1.3 million to pay for teacher retirement costs that were shifted from the state to the district, $20,336 to pay for two additional students to attend the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science charter school -- there are nine students total -- and $523,483 to restore eight staff positions that had been cut from the budget, according to Caulk.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) Visit the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) at .pressherald.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage