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School committee debates school choice, raises fiscal and capacity concerns
Summary
Superintendent presented school-choice information; committee members raised fiscal concerns about the state’s $5,000 per-pupil payment and possible capacity impacts at the high school. The committee tentatively scheduled a public hearing and vote for the next meeting.
The Wilmington School Committee received an informational briefing on school choice and discussed fiscal and capacity implications, but took no formal vote Wednesday evening.
Superintendent Doctor Grant outlined data the central office used to model potential school-choice participation, including current enrollment, staffing projections in the FY26 budget and space constraints at the elementary level. He said the committee must act formally and recommended voting at the next meeting after a public hearing.
The discussion matters because school choice would…
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