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Superintendent presents $85 million FY26 draft budget; School Committee votes 7-0 to publish for public hearing
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Sue Chorochak presented a FY26 draft appropriated budget totaling about $85,000,004 and asked the Committee of the Whole to publish the budget book for public review; the School Committee voted 7-0 to publish and schedule a public hearing.
Superintendent Dr. Sue Chorochak presented Beverly Public Schools’ draft FY26 appropriated budget to the School Committee of the Whole April 30 and asked the committee to publish the budget book ahead of the public hearing. The Committee voted 7-0 to publish the draft for public review.
Chorochak said the draft budget reflects a requested city contribution of roughly $69,000,007 and a proposed Chapter 70 state aid figure of about $15,000,007, yielding a total draft appropriated budget of roughly $85,000,004. She described the request as a 9 percent increase over FY25 that is driven largely by personnel costs, benefits, and the need to sustain service levels after pandemic‑era staffing and ESSER investments.
Key elements in the draft budget…
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