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Dennis-Yarmouth committee previews $86M FY27 operating budget, warns of major revenue unknowns
Summary
Superintendent Doctor Smith and Doctor Gilson presented a high-level FY2027 budget that would raise the operating baseline roughly 6.35% to about $86 million, while cautioning the committee that key state revenue figures (chapter 78, transportation, charter/school choice aid) and health-insurance rates remain unknown and could materially change town assessments.
Superintendent Doctor Smith and Doctor Gilson presented the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District’s first-pass FY2027 operating budget on Jan. 5, describing a high-level plan that currently totals about $86,000,000 and reflects a baseline increase of roughly 6.35% over last year.
Smith told the school committee that the draft budget is being built with the district’s three strategic objectives in mind—reducing disparities in achievement and access, establishing consistent districtwide supports, and addressing facilities and capital needs—but stressed the revenue picture remains incomplete. He and Gilson said the district is still waiting for several state data points, including chapter 78 information, transportation aid, charter-school aid and school-choice estimates; together those categories exceeded $17 million in…
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