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Cheshire superintendent outlines $100.15 million Board of Education budget as enrollment climbs by 225 students
Summary
Superintendent Jeff Solon presented the Board of Education’s adopted 2026–27 budget of $100,149,080 (a 7.54% increase), citing enrollment growth (+225 students), rising special‑education outplacement costs and medical benefits as primary drivers; Solon described cuts already made and warned further reductions would likely affect classroom programs.
Superintendent Jeff Solon presented the Cheshire Board of Education’s adopted 2026–27 budget to the council on March 11 and explained why the board settled on $100,149,080, a 7.54% increase over the current year.
Solon said Cheshire’s enrollment rose from 4,257 at the end of the prior school year to a midyear high of 4,372 and that the projection for next year is 4,482 students — an increase of about 225 students. He attributed much of the budget pressure to contractual wage and benefits increases and a substantial jump in tuition outplacement costs, which he said are projected to rise from roughly $2.8 million to $3.5 million next year.
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