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Dr. Lutzky details staffing growth and special-education costs in New Canaan budget review
Summary
At a March 31 budget review, Dr. Lutzky presented staffing data showing increases driven by special education and complex learners, explained turnover-savings assumptions and projected insurance-claim impacts on the FY27 proposal.
Dr. Lutzky, presenting to the New Canaan Town Council on March 31, said the Board of Education has added positions over recent years and tied much of that growth to special-education needs. "We've increased 17.8 FTEs" in noncertified roles since 2021, he told the council, and certified staffing has grown as well.
The presentation focused on where staff were added and why: van drivers, special-education instructional assistants and new classroom coaches accounted for a large share of the increases. Lutzky said district totals for certified FTEs rose by about 29.68 across school sites and that the combined district change over the period cited…
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