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North Middlesex committee directs staff to model budget-cut options amid $2.5M gap
Summary
School committee members instructed Superintendent Brad Morgan to produce high-level options — staff reductions, building consolidation and program changes — after administrators outlined a projected FY26 budget gap of roughly $2.5 million. The committee scheduled a working session to review options.
The North Middlesex Regional School Committee on Wednesday directed Superintendent Brad Morgan to present high-level options to address a projected FY26 budget shortfall after administrators said the district faces roughly $2.5 million in added costs compared with the FY25 baseline.
Committee members asked staff to model scenarios that include (1) staffing reductions, (2) building consolidation/redistricting and (3) program and operational savings other than an immediate override. The committee voted in favor of the direction without a recorded roll-call tally.
The district’s administration described several drivers of the increase: higher special-education costs driven by student move-ins and program…
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