Schools

Superintendent to Host Budget Forum for Parents Thursday Night

The Framingham Public Schools will be looking for $109.368 million budget for the 2014-15 school year, a 7 percent increase over the current budget.

Originally posted on April 15. Updated to fix typo.

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Framingham Superintendent Stacy L. Scott will meet with parents and community members on Thursday, April 17 in the cafeteria of Framingham High at 7 p.m. for a budget forum.

The-90 minute meeting will focus on the 2014-15 school year budget, which will go before Framingham Town Meeting to be approved.
 
All members of the community are encouraged to attend.

Translators will be available in Spanish and Portuguese.

Earlier this month, the Framingham Superintendent of Schools and Framingham Town Manager Bob Halpin reached an agreement on a budget for the schools. Before the agreement, they were more than $2 million apart on funding.

Halpin said the School Department will execute a variety of cost savings and consolidations to get to $109.368 million proposed budget for the 2014-15 school year.

The Framingham School Committee last month voted on a budget of $110.685 million. That number was $2.462 million more than what the town's chief financial officer is recommending Town Meeting support.

Earlier this year, the Town Manager/CFO was recommending a $106.569 Million school budget for the 2014-15 school year or a 4.4 percentage increase plus an additional $1.2 million in strategic rebuilding funds for a total of $107.769 million or a 5.6 percent increase over the current budget.

The Superintendent was requesting $111.578 million budget plus $300,000 rent for administration offices and $195,000 in school security improvements for a total of $112.073 million or a 9.75 percent increase over the current budget.



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