Administrators presented the proposed FY27 budget to the RSU 06 / MSAD 06 Budget Advisory Committee and described most building budgets as "flat funded" for non‑labor lines while salary and benefit increases tied to contracts remain to be presented. Chair (name not specified) opened the session and turned the floor to principals and central office staff for school-by-school highlights.

Jim Hann, principal at Bonne Eagle Middle School, said the middle school’s non‑labor budget was held flat and that enrollment is roughly unchanged. "We’re meeting to figure out how we can use our building ed techs in order to give those kiddos some the support that they need," Hann said, describing an internal redeployment to support multilingual learners rather than a request for additional funding. He added the building has been aligning FTEs on paper with actual staffing in the school.

At Bonneville High School, Principal Ted Finn said the school’s overall operating budget is flat and enrollment is down slightly; he described a projected per‑pupil funding change from about $9.84 thousand this year to roughly $9.54 thousand next year. Finn confirmed the budget shows $17,000 on the high‑school property line to pay for vape detectors at the Frank Jewett alternative program building, noting that the item was requested for that site but placed under the high‑school line at staff direction. "We were able to install vape detectors at the high school," Finn said, explaining the devices will also be installed at the Frank Jewett building.

District staff provided headline academic metrics: the committee heard that 99 students sat AP exams this year (149 exams total), the average AP score was 3 and 68.7 percent of exams scored higher than a 3. Laurie (first name only) credited a rise in the four‑year graduation rate — reported at 86.17 percent — in part to programs at the Frank Jewett site, dual enrollment and Vo‑Tech partnerships.

Administrators also briefed the committee on assessment reporting and data access. Staff pointed committee members to the state data warehouse for official test results and said curriculum presentations and board minutes contain curated summaries of NWEA and other local measures; they offered to compile and distribute a single, easy‑to‑read packet of recent assessment slides for committee review.

No formal budget votes were taken at the meeting. The auditor will present the completed audit at the upcoming school-board meeting and the district intends to post the report afterward.

The advisory committee scheduled further presentations (curriculum director, special‑education director and superintendent) for the next meeting and requested clearer, accessible summaries of academic and budget metrics in advance.