Revere ways-and-means subcommittee outlines $1.26 million in proposed personnel cuts to narrow FY26 budget gap

Revere Public Schools’ Ways & Means subcommittee met June 3 to review a set of proposed personnel reductions and other budget adjustments intended to narrow a multi‑million dollar FY26 deficit and limit the district’s draw on reserves.

The administration presented roughly $1,260,000 in identified personnel cuts — mostly districtwide coaching and specialist roles and several instructional positions — and said those reductions would reduce the outstanding gap from about $3.47 million to approximately $2.2 million. Administration and committee members said they expect to use additional carryforward funds and an anticipated increase in state “circuit breaker” reimbursements to bring the remaining draw on district reserves down to about $1.7 million.

The proposal removes or pauses a range of positions, including two elementary special‑education coach positions, several district consulting teachers, a second elementary health teacher, one of two elementary adaptive physical education positions, two BCBA (behavior analyst) positions (reducing six to four), an unfilled middle‑school Spanish teacher line, a high‑school biology position identified for reduction based on enrollment, and the district civics coach (6–12) as a potential cut. The administration described many of those changes as temporary or “pausing” programs so that the licensed staff would return to classroom roles rather than be eliminated from the payroll.

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