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Wakefield school committee backs level‑service FY27 budget, urges residents to defend funding at town meeting
Summary
After the finance committee recommended $300,000 in reductions, the Wakefield School Committee unanimously defended its level‑service FY27 budget, warned cuts would mean layoffs and directed subcommittees to prepare for town meeting on May 4.
The Wakefield School Committee on April 29 said it will present its unanimously approved level‑service fiscal 2027 budget to town meeting after the town finance committee recommended $300,000 in reductions.
Committee members, administrators and the superintendent described the budget as a carefully built, level‑service plan with settled collective‑bargaining costs and known full‑time equivalent positions. Dr. Lyons, the superintendent, and Tom Markham, chair of the finance and facilities subcommittee, told the committee…
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