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Grafton officials outline $1.48M FY27 gap; school leaders propose about $1.06M in staff reductions
Summary
At a joint Select Board–School Committee budget workshop, school leaders proposed roughly $1.061 million in reductions—largely staff cuts—to address a projected $1.484 million FY27 shortfall driven by salaries, out‑of‑district tuitions and transportation costs.
GRAFTON — School and town officials presented a preliminary plan to close a projected FY27 budget shortfall of about $1.484 million, with the school side proposing roughly $1.061 million in reductions that would come mainly from personnel.
The school presentation led by Jay outlined three central cost drivers: salary increases, higher out‑of‑district special‑education tuition (an increase Jay estimated at about $881,000 for FY27), and higher transportation costs (about $231,000). "What I'm gonna talk about tonight will be it would total roughly $1,061,000," Jay said, adding that the proposal is “entirely people in positions” and that further cuts “will be student programming and class size” if reductions go beyond the preliminary plan.
The town administrator, Evan, told…
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