Voters Approve $41.5 Million Lyme-Old Lyme School Budget with 4.61% Increase
Lyme and Old Lyme voters backed the Region 18 budget with 624 ballots cast across both towns.
LYME/OLD LYME, CT – Voters in Lyme and Old Lyme approved the $41.5 million proposed 2024-25 Region 18 school budget on Tuesday with 624 ballots cast.
The budget passed by 418 votes to 206 votes. The tally was 323-181 in Old Lyme and 95-25 in Lyme.
The budget represents a 4.61% increase over the current year.
Old Lyme will pay $33.59 million, or 82.7% of district costs, reflecting a 6.6% increase. Lyme’s share is $7.02 million, up 0.8%.
Turnout was among the highest in the past several years, which ranged from a low of 347 voters in 2022 to 754 in 2025, when a 7.99% increase tied to the school renovation project drew higher participation. As of the Nov. 4 election, there were 6,250 registered voters in Old Lyme and 1,907 in Lyme.
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