KINGFIELD — Town officials have scheduled several opportunities for the public to learn more about an option to withdraw from Regional School Unit 58.

At their Monday night meeting, selectmen scheduled an informational meeting for June 22 and a public hearing for July 6. These two meetings, required by the Maine Department of Education, will allow voters to ask questions about alternatives to being part of RSU 58.

Selectmen also set July 16 for a formal vote to determine the public interest in forming a committee to pursue a withdrawal schedule.

The Kingfield Independent School Committee formed two years ago to learn about the steps necessary to leave the district and presented selectmen with a petition in May signed by 64 voters asking to consider that option. The Maine Department of Education requires a 22-step process, and townspeople are not committed to withdrawal, even if they approve forming a committee to start the work.

The school board has scheduled a meeting for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at Mt. Abram High School, to review last week’s rejection by voters of the the recent budget proposal. Voters supported the teachers union by slashing instruction to $1, in light of the lack of a contract for three years. Kingfield’s directors walked out of that budget meeting.

Selectman Wade Browne said he expects little progress, with teachers still working without a contract after three years.

“If it goes like the last one, (voters) will vote everything down until they get a contract,” he said.

Selectmen agreed to continue a schedule of hearings on the withdrawal options, despite what happens with the board and 2015-16 budget deliberations.

“They’ve been to mediation and arbitration, so I don’t know why we’re still doing it,” Selectman John Dill said.

In other business Monday, the town’s GMC one-ton truck has a broken frame, according to Public Works Director Bruce White. The truck, which is four years old, will require expensive welding repairs or a completely new frame, which could cost nearly $9,000.

White said he had contacted ARC Enterprises to see if the truck could be repaired locally, but the town’s insurance company cautioned that such work would not be considered an authorized repair.

White said the location of the break is called the crash point, and he has found considerable evidence online that many of these one-ton trucks have had the same problem.

Selectmen agreed to contact General Motors and the Hight dealership in Skowhegan where the truck was purchased.