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Timberlane budget committee reviews full-day kindergarten proposal, projects $271,000 first-year shortfall
Summary
The Timberlane budget committee reviewed a proposal to convert kindergarten to tuition-free full day in FY27, with administrators projecting a first-year net cost of about $271,000 after adequacy aid; the school board will draft warrant language for a March vote requiring three-fifths approval.
Timberlane Regional School District budget committee members reviewed a proposal on Nov. 24 to move the district’s kindergarten program from a mixed half-day/tuition full-day model to tuition-free full day and were told the first year would likely show a net shortfall of about $271,000.
Administrator (speaker identified as the meeting’s presenter) told the committee the district currently offers two kindergarten pathways: a tuition-free half-day program and a tuition-based full-day program families pay $4,500 to attend. He said converting to full-day tuition-free would eliminate that tuition revenue (projected loss cited at $765,000) but would generate a one-time…
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