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Beverly superintendent previews FY27 budget with proposed athletics, transportation and preschool fee increases
Summary
Superintendent Cushing outlined FY27 level and critical budget scenarios and proposed targeted fee increases — including a $1,000 ice-hockey fee — as well as enrollment-driven staffing adjustments. Committee members pressed for clearer cost breakdowns and earlier family notification.
Superintendent Doctor Cushing on Wednesday presented a FY27 budget preview that would raise the school department’s level services baseline from about $85 million this year to roughly $90.45 million and, with critical requests, to about $91.34 million, and suggested targeted fee increases and enrollment-based staffing adjustments to help close the gap.
Cushing said the district must balance rising fixed and contracted costs, including an unexpectedly costly first year in a collaborative special-education transportation contract. He proposed modest annual fee increases across athletics and a one-time proposed ice-hockey fee of $1,000 to help cover…
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