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Wayland School Committee approves $54.9 million FY26 budget after debate over academic support and data staffing
Summary
On Feb. 3 the Wayland School Committee approved a $54,902,318 fiscal year 2026 budget after extensive discussion about restoring an academic support teacher, adding a second data specialist, and addressing facilities maintenance and health-insurance uncertainty.
The Wayland School committee voted to approve the recommended fiscal year 2026 school budget, $54,902,318, at its Feb. 3 meeting following extended discussion about staffing priorities, health-insurance assumptions and facility needs.
Committee members prioritized restoring an academic-support teacher for the district's Academic Support Center (ASC) and debated adding a second data specialist to support state reporting and a district transition to PowerSchool. Committee members and staff described the current data role as understaffed and said the district's single data specialist is responsible for state reporting, account setup for multiple instructional platforms and day-to-day data reconciliation that affects teacher access and special-education workflows.
School officials told the committee that health-insurance assumptions built into the…
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