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Uxbridge committee flags space, class size, bargaining and grant shifts as FY27 priorities

Uxbridge School Committee Budget Subcommittee · October 27, 2025
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Summary

Committee members highlighted building space shortages (notably at Whiten School), class-size concerns, recent enrollment growth and bargaining/health-care cost pressure as central issues for the FY27 budget; staff warned entitlement grants may shift to targeted assistance, changing offsets.

Committee members used the budget-priorities discussion to identify immediate pressures that should shape the FY27 budget: space constraints at one elementary school, class-size tradeoffs, rising enrollment, a potential 18% health-care cost increase, and a possible shift in federal entitlement grants from whole-school to targeted assistance.

Speaker 2 raised space as the “major concern,” specifically calling out Whiten School: "Space is a major concern that I have, particularly at Whiten School." Speaker 2 linked space shortages to class sizes and school-choice decisions, asking whether reducing class size should…

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