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Methuen School Committee debates steep FY27 cuts and votes to publish a working budget figure
Summary
Facing a widening gap between level‑service costs and state aid, the Methuen School Committee reviewed possible reductions totaling millions, debated safety and special‑education impacts, and voted to provide the administration a working budget number for publication ahead of a public hearing.
The Methuen School Committee spent the bulk of its meeting on April 27 debating proposals to close a multi‑million‑dollar shortfall in the fiscal year 2027 school budget and voted to submit a working budget figure to the newspaper ahead of next Thursday’s public hearing.
Assistant Superintendent and budget staff presented an initial list of reductions that would together save about $1.9 million, including cuts to nursing, special‑education staff and general classroom teachers, while also detailing prioritized new position requests that would add roughly $1.2 million back into the proposal. “So that left us, $1,900,000 reduction,” Superintendent Dr. Golovski said in the presentation, explaining the administration’s first pass at savings.
Committee members pushed…
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