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Timberlane committee trims $3.8M from proposed $92M FY27 budget after hour-long review
Summary
The Timberlane joint budget committee and school board on Dec. 11 approved several targeted reductions — including two bus routes, district administrative cuts, staff attrition and capital deferrals — lowering the district's proposed FY27 budget by roughly $2.8'$3.0 million to about $89.2 million. Officials said itemized cuts are intended to balance fiscal restraint with protecting core instructional programs.
The Timberlane Regional School District's budget committee and school board voted Dec. 11 on a package of line-item reductions and a short-term deferral that together trimmed the district's proposed fiscal 2027 operating budget from roughly $92 million to approximately $89.18 million.
After more than three hours of public comment and detailed presentations from district administrators, the committee approved measures that include eliminating two regular bus routes (estimated savings presented as $194,980), reducing administrative staffing lines (a motion to cut one administrator and one administrative assistant totaling about $205,000), removing a $650,000 Sandown North sprinkler project from the capital improvement plan, and taking savings from open and vacant positions and other specialist reductions.
Superintendent Justin Krieger framed the discussion by warning the group that the proposed $92 million figure "doesn't have a snowball's chance" without public appetite and asked the committee to…
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