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Cheshire superintendent proposes $6 million operating increase to maintain services amid enrollment and benefits pressures
Summary
The superintendent presented a 2025–26 operating budget that would raise district spending roughly $6 million (about 7.09%), citing inflation, rising special-education costs and a 9% increase in medical-benefits rates; the board will review details in meetings through February and transmit the budget to the town in mid-February.
The superintendent of the Cheshire School District on Monday presented a proposed 2025–26 operating budget that would increase spending by roughly $6 million, or about 7.09%, and maintain existing services as the district manages rising benefit costs and steady enrollment growth.
The recommended operating budget was read aloud in the presentation as totaling “95,000,000 892,631.” The superintendent said medical-benefit cost increases account for roughly 2 percentage points of the proposed rise and that, if medical benefits were flat, the budget increase would be nearer 5.33%.
“At the end of the day, our students, they’re at the heart of the decisions we make,” the superintendent said, describing the budget as focused on sustaining instruction, health services, arts and athletics while advancing board priorities such as complex thinking and social-emotional learning.
Why it matters: The superintendent framed the budget as…
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