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North Middlesex finance subcommittee presses administration for clear FY27 budget scenarios amid rising special-education and insurance costs
Summary
Subcommittee members asked administrators to produce one-page FY27 budget scenarios that show the current request, a town-supported target, an 'optimal' staffing budget and the same with a $1.6M Ashby reopening column, citing special-education costs, possible GIC health‑insurance shifts and transportation agreements as key budget drivers.
The Finance Committee subcommittee of the North Middlesex Regional School District on Monday asked central administration to produce a one-page set of FY27 budget scenarios that clearly show trade-offs between the administration’s requested budget, the towns’ 3% assessment target, an ‘optimal’ budget for learning and the same with costs to reopen Ashby Elementary.
Chair Kim Craven summarized the committee’s request for consolidated columns so residents can see the effects of different funding levels on class sizes, staffing and services. “So if that page was replicated… what it would look like with keeping to the TA’s amount, what it would be for you to have the optimum class sizes and everything that…
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