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Medford schools present $94.3M preliminary FY27 budget citing $3.3M in unavoidable cost increases
Summary
District finance staff presented a preliminary FY27 request that would raise the baseline to about $94.3 million, driven by $3.3 million in unavoidable cost increases for salaries, special‑education transportation, and operations; the committee and administration said further reductions and grant offsets will be explored before a final request.
The Medford School Committee heard a detailed presentation on April 6 on the district’s preliminary fiscal year 2027 budget, which administrators said would increase the baseline from roughly $85.5 million to about $94.3 million if all requests were adopted. Finance director Noel Vez told the committee: “We estimate $3.3 million in unavoidable cost increases,” citing step and salary adjustments, rising transportation and energy costs, and the need to move some positions off revolving funds into the general fund.
The proposal, presented by Vez and budget analyst Jerry McHugh, breaks the ask into five buckets: unavoidable cost increases (about $3.3 million), school‑based requests (about $987,000), facilities and operational increases (about $554,255), identified savings (about $490,991), and other adjustments. Vez said the district began with a…
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