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Finance Committee weighs AB Forward school reconfiguration and potential budget impacts
Summary
Members reviewed AB Forward's narrowed options (all would close Conant School), discussed parental concerns about school identity, and debated whether to model fiscal scenarios before school committee decisions. Key public hearing and vote dates: Jan. 8 (public hearing) and Jan. 22 (school committee vote).
The Finance Committee met on Dec. 20 to review the AB Forward process that has narrowed 13 initial options to four reconfiguration alternatives and to consider the potential financial impact for Town Meeting.
Speaker 3, a finance committee member who attended AB Forward meetings, summarized the scope of public engagement, saying the process included more than 2,000 stakeholders, roughly 1,540 survey responses and three community forums that drew about 575 attendees. "They took a 360 degree view of the issue,"…
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