Newington board adopts superintendent's budget request for transmission after $535,368 cut

The Newington Board of Education on Wednesday accepted the superintendent's proposed 2026-27 budget package for transmission to the town and then approved an amended version that reduces the request by $535,368 to $97,698,403.

Board members and district finance staff spent the evening reviewing line-item analyses and proposed reductions that would trim operating costs while preserving mandated services such as transportation and special education. The superintendent's original package presented a $98,233,771 request (a 7.23% increase) before the later board amendment.

The board heard detailed recommendations from the district's finance staff and CFO, Lynn, who summarized a five-year review of multiple lines. "So I would recommend that we cut both of those lines ... by $46,000," Lynn said when describing fuel and gasoline line-item savings the district now realizes by…