MARLBOROUGH – Planning for the fiscal 2025 school budget is underway.
On Nov. 14, the School Committee approved the following calendar to develop and present the school budget:
- Feb. 13, 2024, the superintendent’s budget will be delivered to the School Committee.
- March 6, budget workshop at 6 p.m. to review the superintendent’s budget request.
- March 12, School Committee will agree on the fiscal 2025 budget figure for public hearing posting.
- March 26, public hearing on the proposed budget; vote for budget in regular session.
- April 1, School Committee budget sent to mayor and City Council.
Plans for Richer Elementary
The School Committee voted to send along a request to the City Council for $2 million toward a feasibility study for Richer Elementary School.
The study will help determine when the proposed school project would be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
Richer, which was built in 1965, has been overcrowded for several years. It currently serves students in grades K-5, and it has an enrollment of 585 as of October.
