HIGHLAND PLANTATION $ An increase in education costs and taxes has petitioners in Highland Plantation seeking to deorganize, according to assessor Jo Dunphy.

A special town meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Town House to discuss deorganization of the plantation and to decide whether to develop a deorganization process and elect a local commission.

Dunphy said more than 20 people signed the petition.

"We had to have at least 50 percent of the last gubernatorial election," Dunphy said. "We only needed 18 or 19 (signers) to make that happen."