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North Attleborough schools present $53.4 million needs-based budget; town manager proposes $51.3 million
Summary
District staff presented a $53.4 million needs-based budget, while the town manager’s budget is $51.3 million. School leaders said the gap would force choices among staffing, athletics and class-size relief; no vote was taken at the meeting because final revenue numbers remain uncertain.
North Attleborough Public Schools staff presented a needs-based budget totaling $53,400,000, saying the town manager’s budget of $51,300,000 is about $2.1 million less than the district requested.
The difference would require trade-offs, Speaker 1, a school district staff member, said. “We had, again, developed a needs based budget because we were asked to. And that needs based budget totaled 53,400,000.0, but the town manager did present his budget to town council a couple of weeks ago. And his budget, number is right here, 51,300,000.0, which is over $2,000,000 less than what we had asked for,” Speaker 1 said.
Why it matters: the district said the needs-based total would fund existing staff salaries, restore an operating budget for athletics and allow the…
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