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Superintendent outlines budget reductions and school-choice slots; committee tables decision pending data
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Cushing presented a draft balanced budget that includes proposed staffing and program changes (elementary librarian reallocation, enrollment-driven reductions, technology leasing, and targeted special-education additions) and recommended maintaining current interdistrict school-choice slots; after committee requests for detailed class-size and enrollment-impact figures, a motion to table the school-choice decision passed 8–1.
Superintendent Dr. Michael Cushing presented a preliminary balanced budget and school-choice recommendation at the Beverly School Committee meeting on April 8, laying out proposed reductions and targeted restorations intended to address a multi‑hundred-thousand-dollar shortfall while preserving critical student supports.
In his presentation, Dr. Cushing said the draft budget assumes an available city contribution and totals roughly $500,676 in district-level changes achieved by shifting some roles and trimming non-essential expenditures. Specific proposals included moving the elementary librarian position out of the general fund, leasing rather than purchasing…
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