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Superintendent says $25,000 BOE reduction not reflected on ballot spreadsheet
Summary
At the April 20 budget hearing, Marlborough elementary-school Superintendent Holly Hagman said a $25,000 reduction approved by the Board of Education was not transferred to the spreadsheet used for the ballot, leaving the ballot figure $25,000 higher than the BOE approved.
At 7:07 p.m. during the Board of Finance's April 20 public hearing, Marlborough elementary-school Superintendent Holly Hagman reviewed the school's portion of the proposed FY2026/27 budget and identified a discrepancy affecting the ballot.
Hagman said the Board of Education approved a $25,000 reduction at the Board of Finance's request, but that change was not transferred into the most recent spreadsheet. As a result, she said, the figure that appears on the ballot is $25,000 higher than the BOE-approved amount. She also described operational changes the BOE approved: no teacher retirements, a reduction of six non-certified positions through reorganization (with no job losses), and a staffing structure of one principal and one ten-month vice principal.
Hagman told the public that $30,000 is included in the school budget for an Owner's Project Manager to prepare and manage the RFP process for an upcoming major-alterations project. The superintendent's disclosure identified a procedural error that could affect voter information on the upcoming budget ballot but the transcript records no subsequent correction or formal direction from the Board of Finance during the hearing.
The hearing concluded at 7:53 p.m.; the transcript does not record any immediate remedy or change to the ballot content during the session.
