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North Middlesex finance subcommittee weighs using reserves and staff shifts to lower FY27 town assessments
Summary
At its Feb. 25 meeting the North Middlesex Regional School District finance subcommittee reviewed FY26 balances and options to reduce the FY27 assessment for member towns, including drawing on Excess & Deficiency and reassigning special‑education staff. Administration will return with a revised budget before the March 10 school committee meeting.
The North Middlesex Regional School District finance subcommittee met Feb. 25 to review FY26 budget activity and options to reduce the district's FY27 assessment for member towns.
Chair Kim Craven opened the meeting at 8:03 a.m. and asked administration to walk the committee through an updated FY26 spending report and the projected requests for FY27. Nancy Haines of the administration told the committee she had moved "almost $300,000" into the tuition line to cover charter and school‑choice assessments but that tuition costs are running lower than anticipated and the district currently shows a remaining balance in that category.
That cushion, Haines said, makes it reasonable to hold off on additional transfers for now while the administration reviews February utility bills and other near‑term expenditures. "If we spend what I'm expecting between now and the end of the year, we'd still have this leftover," she said, noting current pressure in…
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