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New Canaan council approves 2025–26 budget package and trims Board of Education operating budget by $150,000
Summary
On April 3 the New Canaan Town Council unanimously approved the bulk of the town's fiscal 2025'26 spending package and voted to reduce the Board of Education's operating budget by $150,000, a change council members said is intended to preserve two certified positions.
The New Canaan Town Council on April 3 approved the town's fiscal year 2025'26 spending package and voted unanimously to reduce the Board of Education operating budget by $150,000, council members said.
Council members said the $150,000 reduction was a negotiated compromise intended to preserve the board's planned hires for two certified positions, described during the meeting as a math interventionist and a classroom coach. Council members repeatedly thanked Board of Education staff and the public for information and engagement during the multiweek budget review.
Christina Ross, reading the budget totals at the meeting, presented line-item figures and several council members moved the…
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