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Superintendent begins budget work; finance staff say $40,000 Bridge Street appropriation will be folded into recurring base
Summary
Superintendent Bonner said the district will produce three budget scenarios for FY26 (target 4% increase, level services, and a 'dream' budget). Finance staff said a recent $40,000 appropriation for Bridge Street School positions will be added to the recurring base used to calculate next year's budget.
Superintendent Bonner told the School Committee on Jan. 9 that central office has begun fiscal-year 2026 budget work and plans to present three budget versions in March: a targeted 4% proposal, a level-services budget, and a "dream" budget listing additional administrator requests.
"We are going to do 3 versions of the budget," Bonner said, describing the level-services, targeted and request-driven scenarios the district will prepare as a first look for the committee.
Finance staff…
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