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School Committee orders corrected staffing counts after members find large discrepancies in FY27 slides
Summary
Members voted 5–3–1 on March 23 to require the superintendent to return with reconciled, clearly explained staffing numbers and aligned building profiles after committee members could not reconcile teacher and staff counts across budget slides and profiles.
The Northampton School Committee voted on March 23 to require the superintendent to return with accurate, clearly explained staffing numbers and building profiles aligned with the FY2027 budget materials, after members flagged apparent discrepancies across slides and source documents.
"If we're going to put emphasis on growth and percentage, we should at least be able to recreate these numbers," said Member Stein, who walked the committee through examples he said showed a roughly 69‑person discrepancy between staffing totals on the budget slide and the personnel listed in school profiles. "None of this adds up."
Superintendent Dr. Bonner and Business Manager Bobby Jones told the…
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