Finance Committee approves 1.9 percent school funding with ten percent transportation boost.
Tri-Board -Select Board-School Committee-Finance Committee · Meeting of April 6, 2026
Monson Finance Committee approves modified FY27 budget with modest school increase. The tri-board Finance, School, and Select committees voted unanimously April 6 to level-fund town departments and allocate 1.9 percent growth to schools plus an additional 10 percent for transportation, addressing a projected $227,000-plus-$152,000-transportation shortfall. Superintendent Paul Foster raised concerns about severe program impacts from level funding.
The committee identified a $300,000 ESCO debt exclusion and temporary closure of Memorial Hall as potential savings but cautioned that service cuts this year would worsen future deficits.
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Source: the Tri-Board -Select Board-School Committee-Finance Committee meeting of April 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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