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    "fte": null,
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    "scope": "school",
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    "fte": null,
    "item": "No town cut list was published for FY26",
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    "who": "the town",
    "why": "the town’s FY26 budget carried no published list of reductions; the Finance Committee’s post-Town-Meeting notes call the three large money articles “overwhelming”"
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    "fte": null,
    "item": "No override question on the ballot",
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   {
    "block": "late",
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    "item": "Article 12 — $500,000 of certified free cash to the schools for FY26",
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     "label": "Finance Committee minutes, 3 Apr 2025"
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    "fte": null,
    "item": "A citizens’ petition puts an override on the warrant — Article 11",
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    "why": "a Proposition 2½ override for the schools, by petition rather than by the Select Board"
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   {
    "block": "override",
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    "fte": null,
    "item": "Town Meeting approves Article 11, contingent on a ballot vote",
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    "scope": "both",
    "status": "step",
    "who": "Annual Town Meeting",
    "why": "“that citizen petition held the day on Saturday” — an appropriation with no revenue behind it until voters approve the override"
   },
   {
    "block": "override",
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    "fte": null,
    "item": "The Select Board does not call a special election",
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    "status": "step",
    "who": "Select Board",
    "why": "“the select board has met and decided they will not be putting the override on for a special election” — a two-thirds vote is needed to place it, and none was taken"
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    "item": "No question reaches the ballot",
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    "who": "Annual Town Election",
    "why": "the appropriation Town Meeting voted lapses; residents at the 7 May meeting say they will petition again for FY27"
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    "item": "Needs-based",
    "note": "$1,578,472 above the Town Manager’s budget; the override petition’s $2,099,337 sits above this",
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    "who": "the district",
    "why": "essential staffing and expenses to meet student needs — 9.98% over FY25"
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   {
    "block": "proposals",
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    "evidence": "doc:sources/district-budget/docs/fy26-town-manager-39-s-target-budget-2-5-25-presentation.pdf",
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    "who": "the town manager",
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    "block": "proposals",
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