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Audit: issues found and fixes applied
Summary
Editorial audit of article and meeting coverage flagged transcription errors, name spellings and numeric ambiguities; corrections were applied (standardized proper names, clarified approximations and added provenance).
Spelling, naming and numeric inconsistencies in the transcript were identified and corrected in the article. Audit checklist and fixes are below.
Spelling and name normalization: corrected city references to "Marlborough" and standardized "Marlborough Public Schools" per provided canonical spelling; standardized "Asabet Valley Regional Technical High School."
Numeric clarity: where the transcript contained poorly formatted numbers (e.g., fragmented digit groupings), the article uses conservative, rounded phrasing and flags items as approximate when the transcript was unclear. The committee-approved total ($222,372,585) and committee reduction ($510,000) are reported from the meeting record and used as authoritative.
Attribution and speaker IDs: speaker entries include only names and roles explicitly stated in the transcript; where only a role was spoken (for example, the superintendent), the role was used for attribution. Quotes in the article map to speakers listed in the speaker array; unattributed summary language was used where direct mapping was not possible.
Provenance and quotes: the article includes provenance spans (timeline entries) and direct quotes for major claims, with transcript segment references included in the provenance field of the package.
Remaining limitations: the transcript contains many tokenization artifacts and typographical errors; readers should cross-check dollar amounts and supplemental budget documents for final numeric detail.
