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Brookline Public Schools to cut about 42 FTEs for FY27 as town budgets tighten
Summary
Superintendent Bella Wong said the FY27 school budget proposal carries a net reduction of 22 FTEs and that since the last override the district has lost another 20 FTEs, a combined net reduction of roughly 42 positions that will be spread across schools and administration.
Brookline Public Schools will present a FY27 budget that includes a net reduction of 22 full-time-equivalent positions for the coming year and, combined with cuts since the last override, amounts to about 42 FTEs lost districtwide, Superintendent Bella Wong said on a March 5 studio panel.
"For the budget for FY27 that we're proposing, 12.5% are non-salary expenses. The rest of it is the staff," Wong said, describing staffing and benefits as the primary…
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