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West Windsor‑Plainsboro board adopts 4.68% budget as health‑care costs drive $4.5M shortfall
Summary
After a public hearing on April 24, the West Windsor‑Plainsboro Regional School District board approved a 4.68% 2026–27 budget, with administrators warning that a roughly $4.494 million gap stems from steep health‑care increases and declining state aid and must be closed using reserves and reallocated funds.
The West Windsor‑Plainsboro Regional School District Board of Education adopted a 4.68% budget for the 2026–27 school year at a public meeting on April 24, 2026, after administrators warned that soaring health‑care costs and a drop in state aid left an estimated $4.494 million gap.
Dr. Aderholt, who presented the budget, told the board and the small public audience that health‑care and prescription cost spikes are the district’s primary fiscal pressure. "Those are unsustainable increases," Dr. Aderholt said, noting a midyear double increase that produced an aggregate roughly 27% increase year‑over‑year in health‑care costs for the district. He said districts may use the state spending growth limitation adjustment (SGLA) for health‑care increases but that even with SGLA the…
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