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Grafton school leaders present two-track FY27 budget approach, warn of significant deficit
Summary
Administrators proposed producing a level-of-service FY27 budget and a separate reduction budget, citing staffing, out-of-district special-education tuition and transportation as primary cost drivers and noting depleted reserves and a likely deficit.
Grafton Public Schools administrators presented a two-track FY27 budget approach to the school committee on Dec. 9: a level-of-service budget that seeks to maintain current programming and a reduction budget that would cut services and staff to close an expected funding gap. "What we are recommending is that we end up we're gonna create 2 budgets," the presenter said, explaining the rationale for preparing both a best-effort and a reduced-services scenario.
The administration told the committee it has already implemented prior reductions: roughly $1,062,000 in non-personnel…
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