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Preliminary FY27 budget shows 10.35% increase; committee votes to lock athletic-complex principal schedule
Summary
Finance staff presented a preliminary FY27 level-services budget with a $3.07 million (10.35%) increase driven largely by special-education costs and insurance; administrators warned that cutting staffing (11–17 FTEs) would be required to reach lower increase targets. The committee unanimously approved a level-principal financing structure for the athletic complex.
At the Dec. 17 Northborough–Southborough Regional School Committee meeting, finance staff presented a preliminary FY27 'level services' budget that would increase the regional operating budget by $3,073,714 — a 10.35% rise over FY26 — chiefly driven by special-education transportation and out-of-district tuition, collaborative tuition, health-insurance cost increases and salaries.
Becky, the district finance presenter, said the preliminary request started higher and that offsets (including circuit-breaker receipts and other adjustments) reduced the ask to 10.35%: "The FY27…
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