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Hampden‑Wilbraham school leaders present $1.48 million toolbox of cuts and fee increases as towns consider assessments
Summary
School officials laid out 11 categories of possible reductions and revenue options — from modest fee increases to staff restructuring and pausing an eighth‑grade pathway — that could reduce assessments by roughly $1.48 million while warning the likely result would cut programs or staff if towns do not provide more funding.
The Hampden‑Wilbraham Regional School District on Monday evening presented a package of revenue options and personnel‑savings strategies aimed at closing a projected FY‑27 budget gap that district staff estimated could total about $1.48 million.
The presenter walked members through 11 strategy “buckets,” including modest fee increases (a 5% athletics fee, a 5% preschool fee and a 10% increase in some building‑use fees), tapping additional school‑choice offsets and temporary purchase‑timing moves. The packet also listed larger options such as delaying an eighth‑grade expansion under the district’s Innovative Career Pathway (ICP) — a change the presenter said…
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