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Town presents FY27 budget to school committee; community school's $225,000 request left for FinCom review

Nantucket School Committee · January 21, 2026
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Town finance officials presented the proposed FY27 operating and capital budget to the Nantucket School Committee, emphasizing infrastructure priorities and warning that a $225,000 request from the Nantucket Community School could create an immediate deficit; FinCom review and town meeting dates were set.

Town officials presented the proposed fiscal year 2027 operating and capital budget to the Nantucket School Committee on Jan. 20, laying out revenue projections, priority projects and the limits of current levy capacity.

Libby Gibson and Brian Turbot, who delivered the presentation to the committee, said the recommended operating budget seeks to keep spending within projected revenues and focuses on the select board's strategic priorities, including infrastructure maintenance. "Our major objective is to keep the recommended operating budget within projected revenue," Gibson said.

Turbot said the town's overall budget was presented as up…

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