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Brookline releases CLA deficit review as town and schools plan next steps
Summary
An independent review by CliftonLarsonAllen identified operational and structural issues that contributed to the Brookline Public Schools budget shortfall; town and school leaders said some corrective actions are already underway and longer-term revenue and expenditure work is planned.
Brookline on Tuesday released an eight-week deficit review by CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) that mapped operational findings to the school department’s overspending and recommended both short-term operational fixes and longer-term structural work.
The report, commissioned by the Select Board after concerns surfaced about the school department’s fiscal position, examined how the schools’ FY26 funding request came to be roughly $8.2 million above projected revenues and why FY25 spending appeared out of alignment with allocations.
Town Administrator (speaker identified in the meeting as Town Administrator) told the Select Board that CLA made 11 findings and that the school department and town staff gave CLA full access to records and participated in interviews. “Policies and procedures are only worthwhile if they're being followed and enforced,” the Town Administrator said, summarizing a central CLA finding that…
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