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Committee reviews FY26 maintenance-of-effort budget; approves athletic-fee increase and backs longer food-service contract
Summary
Administrators presented a preliminary FY26 maintenance-of-effort budget showing a 5.84% increase. The committee approved an athletic-fee increase and the finance subcommittee recommended pursuing a five-year food-service contract; the latter requires select-board approval.
Winchester School Committee members on Jan. 9 received a preliminary maintenance-of-effort budget for fiscal 2026 and approved a proposed increase to athletic participation fees for the 2025–26 school year.
Finance staff presented a draft FY26 maintenance-of-effort budget that projects a 5.84% increase over last year, roughly $3.8 million, driven by contractual step/column changes, transportation and special-education placement inflation. The district said it will continue reviewing department-level requests and special-education placements and that negotiations with five…
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