The drive to collect signatures in support of a school budget referendum crossed the finish line over the weekend, according to Save Our Schools organizer David Croston. As of Sunday night, volunteers had turned in sheets with nearly 1,800 names, a comfortable margin over the 1,290 required.
The signature sheets will be delivered to Town Hall where the Canvasser's Office will start checking the names. Assuming enough registered voters are certified, a date for the budget referendum will be set, probably in mid-September.
Thanks to everyone who walked, and signed, and rallied. This was an amazing effort by everyone involved to get this done in ten days, in the middle of the summer. Thanks to the citizens of Portsmouth for working together for our schools and our community.
