Eastham School Committee Approves FY27 Budget Plan Amid Override Warning
Eastham faces a likely tax override as the School Committee reviews an 8.25 percent FY27 budget increase.
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Schools
A collection of 27 issues
Nauset Joint School Committees Vote Unanimously to Replace Eight Aging Buses
ORLEANS — February 4, 2026 — Nauset joint school committees unanimously approved an eight-bus fleet replacement and superintendent evaluation goals at their February 4 meeting. Chair Maura Newton-Carrie presided over the joint session of the four Union 54 elementary committees and the Nauset Regional School Committee, which voted to lease
Sandwich School Committee Approves $42.2 Million FY27 Budget Unanimously
SANDWICH — January 28, 2026 — Sandwich School Committee unanimously approved a $42.2 million fiscal year 2027 operating budget at its January 28 meeting. The 6-0 vote on the $42,205,431 proposal, a 2.60 percent increase over the current year, came after a public budget hearing in which
Orleans Elementary Budget Driven by $285,000 in Mandated Special Education Costs
ORLEANS — January 28, 2026 — Orleans Elementary School's FY2027 draft budget carries a mandated increase of $285,189, or 5.87 percent, driven by special education placements, collaborative preschool costs, and contractual salary obligations that officials say are beyond the school's control. The School Committee reviewed the
Nauset School Committee Approves 2026-27 Program of Studies Unanimously
ORLEANS — January 14, 2026 — Nauset Regional School Committee approves 2026-27 high school program of studies and names strategic plan consultant. The committee, meeting January 14 at Nauset Middle School, voted unanimously to adopt the program of studies for the coming school year, with Principal Pat Clark confirming 30 students
Eastham School Committee Blocks Elementary School Resource Officer for FY27
EASTHAM — January 13, 2026 — Eastham School Committee declines to advance elementary school resource officer proposal. With no member willing to make a motion, the committee effectively killed a proposal for a full-time school resource officer at Eastham Elementary School for the FY27 budget cycle, as Police Chief Bohannon confirmed
Sandwich Schools Propose $42 Million FY27 Budget With 2.22 Percent Increase
SANDWICH — January 7, 2026 — Sandwich School Committee reviews $42 million FY27 budget proposal amid health insurance pressures. Superintendent Dr. Chris Maruszyk presented the proposed fiscal year 2027 operating budget of $42,046,131 — a 2.22 percent increase over the current year — at the committee's January 7 meeting,