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RSU 10 officials present draft 2025–26 budget; administrators say $1.35 million in cuts needed to reach 8% target
Summary
Superintendent-led administrators outlined a draft 2025–26 budget that currently shows a 15.8% average taxpayer impact and said roughly $1.35 million in reductions would be required to present an 8% increase to voters. Drivers include a projected 16% health-insurance rise and a $3.3 million debt-service line for the new school.
Superintendent Deb outlined a preliminary 2025–26 budget and told the school board the draft currently projects a roughly 15.8% average increase to taxpayers, and that officials have identified about $615,000 in initial reductions but will need roughly $1,350,000 more to reach an 8% target.
Why it matters: The draft budget shows several large, fixed costs that drove the early draft increase — a projected 16% rise in health insurance premiums, higher transportation and out-of-district placement costs, and $3.3 million recorded for debt service on the new school building. Board members and administrators said balancing those pressures without additional state relief or cuts will be difficult ahead of the town warrant process.
Board and staff presented the numbers March 6, walking the board through each of the district’s 11 cost centers and the assumptions behind them. Deb said the district moved its health-insurance assumption up after recent vendor estimates: “We added another 5%. So we…
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