Committee approves $122.6 million FY27 budget

School Committee · Meeting of February 9, 2026

Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee set a preliminary $122,593,238 FY27 budget, a 4.75 percent increase, unanimously approving assessments of $82,830,682 for Acton (up 3.75 percent) and $17,734,103 for Boxborough (up 5.57 percent). District administrator Peter told members he has accepted a job at an international school starting in 18 months but will "do the work that we're doing now in this district" until then. Special Education Director Natalia Carroll said 33.1 percent of students are now classified "high needs," and officials said third-grade literacy stands at just 57 percent meeting expectations.

Consultant Nick Stelitano of Dillinger Research and Applied Data outlined a timeline for redrawing elementary attendance boundaries, with a final vote expected April 9. Finance Committee members, including Greg Jarbo, questioned whether staffing cuts from reorganization were truly being realized as savings.

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Source: the School Committee meeting of February 9, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.