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Westford School Committee hears FY26 Q2 report highlighting special-education, heating and transportation pressures
Summary
Director of Finance Jenny Lin told the school committee the FY26 operating budget is $69.39 million and that quarter-two encumbrances and expenditures leave a projected available balance of about $1.6 million; she flagged a projected special-education contractor services shortfall (~$343,000) and rising heating costs that could push facility heating deficits toward $430,000.
The Westford School Committee on Monday received a quarter-two finance briefing in which Director of Finance Jenny Lin said the district’s FY26 general fund operating budget totals $69,388,572 and that, as of December, expenditures plus encumbrances stood at about $67,732,000 — leaving a projected available balance of roughly $1,600,000 and an anticipated 97.61 percent budget utilization by year-end.
At the meeting Lin identified several pressure points. The district projects special-education contractor services spending of about $673,000 for the year against a budgeted line of roughly $329,000, producing a projected deficit of about $343,000. Lin said the vendor-driven demand for contracted services remains consistent with last…
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