Wakefield School Committee declined to cut $300,000 from its fiscal 2027 budget, sending its original plan to town meeting intact. Member Peter Davis said the roughly $58 million budget has "no fudge factor" to absorb the Finance Committee's requested reduction without layoffs.
Wakefield tri-board meeting projects $1.4M FY27 budget deficit despite new investment income surge. Town Administrator Denise Y. Casey and Acting Assistant Town Administrator of Finance Elizabeth Rourke presented a revised FY27 budget to the Town Council, School Committee, and Finance Committee,
The Wakefield School Committee rated Superintendent Douglas Lyons proficient or exemplary across all four evaluation standards ahead of a May 4 town meeting vote on the district's level-service budget.
Wakefield School Committee opened and closed a public hearing on a $58.6 million FY27 budget, a 5.73 percent increase. Math interventionist Corrine Keys told the board that elementary interventionists "are still being paid $25 an hour," a rate unchanged for at least 12 years.
Wakefield School Committee approved an overnight band trip and a coaching stipend gift Tuesday.
Wakefield School Committee previewed a $58.6 million fiscal 2027 budget and debated a $50 extracurricular fee hike.
Wakefield School Committee approved a student trip to the National DECA Conference in Atlanta and heard that out-of-district special education tuition could reach about $6 million next year.
Wakefield School Committee approved policy updates and warned a spending freeze is coming as reserves thin.
Wakefield's School Committee approved the 2026-27 school calendar and reviewed $372,000 in capital requests Tuesday.
Wakefield school nurses urged the School Committee to restore a float nurse position and add a dedicated nurse leader.
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