BERLIN — School board chair Nicole Plourde and Mayor Paul Grenier clashed Monday night in an emotional dispute over school funding.
Plourde told the city council the school board would not accept additional cuts in the school budget. She referred to a recent request from the city manager that the school board cut an additional $515,425 from its fiscal 2020 budget request.
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