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Andover officials outline $107.5M preliminary FY26 budget; identify roughly $1.8M shortfall
Summary
Superintendent presented a high-level FY26 budget of $107,504,760 and said the district is facing an approximately $1.8 million deficit driven by higher salary and transportation contract increases; officials outlined a January–March process to present options and seek committee direction.
Superintendent Dr. Parv presented a preliminary FY26 budget on Dec. 12, telling the Andover School Committee the district estimates a $107,504,760 total budget for fiscal 2026 and faces an approximate $1.8 million deficit that the administration will ask the committee to address in the coming months.
The presentation framed the meeting as information-only, with Dr. Parv saying the goal was to "ground us all in the same knowledge" before the committee receives more detailed options in January and February. She listed the main drivers of the shortfall as higher-than-anticipated wage and contract increases and transportation contract cost growth.
Why it matters: committee members and the administration said this is not a one-year problem. The Budget Advisory Council urged clearer public messaging that the…
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