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Superintendent and finance staff flag potential federal cuts, outline FY27 process and enrollment snapshot
Summary
District administrators told the school committee on Sept. 24 that the FY25 audit has been completed and laid out preliminary FY27 budget planning amid possible federal grant cuts and steady but tight enrollment in several elementary grades.
Superintendent Peter Cushing and Finance Director Emma Pugliese used the Sept. 24 meeting to preview FY27 planning, present FY25 year-end audit status and give a preliminary enrollment snapshot. The presentations emphasized fiscal uncertainty from potential federal grant reductions and the administrative plan to engage stakeholders earlier in the budget process.
Pugliese told the committee the FY25 consolidated reporting and audit work are complete and explained a delay caused by audit-firm transitions (Powers & Sullivan → Markham → CBIZ). She said the city’s audit committee recommended Roselli & Clark for the FY25…
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