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Councilors say schools need about $7.2 million more; redistricting not being pursued now
Summary
Councilors discussed a roughly $7.2 million funding request from North Attleborough Public Schools, the limits of local revenue under Proposition 2½ and uneven classroom enrollment; the school committee, not the council, would consider redistricting and is not doing so at this time.
Councilors discussed a roughly $7.2 million funding request from the North Attleborough Public Schools and emphasized that the town’s finite tax revenue makes meeting that full request impossible this year.
Unidentified Speaker 1, a councilor, said the school department "needs more money," and described the district’s proposal as "a $7,200,000 increase, I believe, or something along those lines is what they're proposing." She said that sum is larger than the town’s one-year economic growth and beyond what Proposition 2½ would allow in a single year, so "that's not possible this year."
The discussion centered on budget…
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