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East Lyme Board confronts $1.2M budget cut; guidance counselor and library positions among options
Summary
Faced with a $1.2 million reduction from the town, East Lyme trustees reviewed candidate cuts that could affect staff and services — including a one-year guidance position, a library secretary and a bus — and debated equity and student-support implications.
The East Lyme Board of Education spent a large portion of its April 6 meeting considering how to close a $1.2 million reduction to its proposed 2026–27 budget. Administrators said $400,000 of the reduction is offset by lower-than-expected health insurance costs, leaving roughly $740,000 still to find.
Board members and administrators discussed a range of options to reach the target, including a one-year guidance-counselor position at the high school; eliminating a library secretary…
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