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Grafton committee debates athletic, preschool and facilities fees; superintendent to model athletic‑fee scenarios for reduction budget
Summary
Committee heard an extended superintendent presentation on bus/parking fees, potential athletic and activity fees, facility rental rates and preschool tuition; members split between concern about access and the need for revenue. Superintendent will model athletic‑fee and transportation scenarios in a reduction budget for the committee to review.
The Grafton School Committee spent much of its meeting debating a package of possible fees and other revenue options as the district develops a FY27 level‑service and possible reduction budget.
Superintendent Dr. Cummings opened with an overview of current revenue sources — existing $200 bus/parking fees, roughly $8 million in school‑choice tuition, booster and PTG fundraising — and proposed areas for revenue growth, including athletic fees, activity fees, facility rental rate increases and preschool tuition adjustments. He cautioned that some early‑college partners are reducing offerings, pushing the district to diversify local programming and revenue sources.
Committee members pressed the…
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