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Wethersfield Board approves $68.15 million operating budget after 6-3 roll call
Summary
The Wethersfield Board of Education approved the superintendent's $68,153,339 operating budget for fiscal year 2025-26, a 4.95% increase driven mainly by salaries, benefits and special-education costs. The measure passed 6-3 in a roll-call vote.
The Wethersfield Board of Education approved the superintendent's proposed operating budget for the 2025-26 school year—$68,153,339—by roll-call vote on March 11, 2025. The total represents a 4.95% increase over the current operating budget.
The budget's increase of $3,215,536 was driven primarily by personnel costs, including a $2,315,697 rise in salaries and benefits, the superintendent told the board during the presentation. The proposed plan includes additions and adjustments that were discussed at multiple budget workshops: math intervention staffing changes, security positions at elementary schools, pre-K expansion, and additional special-education and pupil-services spending.
Board members were presented a line-item breakdown showing the largest increases in personal services and…
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