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Easton superintendent outlines fiscal-year spending, warns of multi‑million shortfall at town level
Summary
School leaders reviewed the district's second-quarter operating budget and told the School Committee the town faces a roughly $6.3 million deficit that will require cuts, an override or a mix of both. Officials described timing drivers, DESE coding reclassifications and uncertain state and federal aid.
Superintendent Christopher Cabral and Finance Director Andrea (last name not specified in transcript) presented a second‑quarter operating budget report to the Easton School Committee on Feb. 13, 2025, outlining where the district has spent its fiscal 2025 appropriation and warning that the town faces a combined shortfall of about $6.3 million.
The presentation said Easton Public Schools had spent roughly $18.6 million as of Dec. 31, 2024, about 37.4% of the district's $49.7 million operating budget. That compares with 38.6% spent at the same point a year earlier; year‑to‑date spending was about $459,000 higher than the prior year. Director of Finance Andrea (surname not specified) told committee members the differences are mostly timing and a handful of invoices that move from one quarter to another.
Why it matters: Committee members and district leaders said the district is operating with a lean, largely personnel‑based budget. With more than 80% of the town's costs in fixed expenses and…
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