FY2026 closeout
FY2026 year end
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The school general fund closed FY2026 with $482,118 unspent, 1.8% of its budget, at period 13. Town departments stood $858,462 under in June, before their close.
School department
Town departments
What was left
$482,118
left unspent, school general fund, FY2026
1.8%
of the school budget left unspent
$236,767
still committed to open purchase orders
$627,117
left unspent at the FY2025 close
$858,462
town departments under budget in June
What moved
$1,683,552
left on school accounts under budget
$1,201,434
spent past budget on the rest
57
school accounts past budget, FY2026
4
the same count, FY2025
$1,202,771
out-of-district tuition, spent, FY2026
$99,064
kindergarten aides paid, with no budget
$1,038,092
snow removal, paid by June
Not settled
—
where the net transfers came from
not published
—
the town general fund at the close
not published
School department
What was left
$482,118
left unspent, school general fund, FY2026
1.8%
of the school budget left unspent
$236,767
still committed to open purchase orders
$627,117
left unspent at the FY2025 close
What moved
$1,683,552
left on school accounts under budget
$1,201,434
spent past budget on the rest
57
school accounts past budget, FY2026
4
the same count, FY2025
$1,202,771
out-of-district tuition, spent, FY2026
$99,064
kindergarten aides paid, with no budget
Not settled
—
where the net transfers came from
not published
Town departments
What was left
$858,462
town departments under budget in June
What moved
$1,038,092
snow removal, paid by June
Not settled
—
the town general fund at the close
not published
What it adds up to
- 1
The school general fund closed FY2026 with $482,118 left, 1.8% of its budget.
- 2
That is a net: $1,683,552 left on some accounts, $1,201,434 spent past others.
- 3
57 school accounts closed past budget; in FY2025, 4 did.
- 4
Kindergarten aides were paid $99,064 with no budget and no transfer.
- 5
In June the town stood $858,462 under; snow removal had paid $1,038,092.
FY2026 closeout, topic by topic
FY2026 school surplus
The school general fund closed FY2026 with $482,118 unspent and uncommitted, 1.8% of its budget.
Surplus by category
Accounts under budget left $1,683,552 and accounts over used $1,201,434 of it; the net is $482,118.
Lines over budget
57 school accounts closed FY2026 past their budgets; in FY2025, 4 did.
Year-end transfers
Transfers moved $394,929 into school accounts and $309,839 out; the department ended $85,090 up, net.
Surplus and FY2027 budget
The FY2027 school budget was set $761,000 below level service; FY2026 then closed $482,118 unspent.
FY2025 school surplus
FY2025 closed with $627,117 unspent, $23,231 more than the figure the School Committee was given.
School lines
Tuition at year end
FY2027 budgets $700,142 for the two tuition lines on which FY2026 spent $1,202,771.
Paraprofessional overrun
Paraprofessional accounts ran $208,082 over in FY2026; $99,064 of it was paid against no budget.
Psychologist line
One of four school psychologist accounts, $98,784 budgeted, paid nothing in FY2026.
Special education transportation
The fastest-growing bus line: 10.1% a year, and $67,555 past its FY2026 budget.
Also under Transportation, Special education
FY2026 athletics underspend
Athletics closed FY2026 with $55,300 of its $518,334 town budget unspent, on the town’s ledger.
Also under Athletics
Town side
Town unspent balance
In June, before the close, town departments stood $858,462 under a $27,647,670 budget.
Snow and Reserve Fund
Snow removal paid $1,038,092 against $355,571 voted; the $185,000 Reserve Fund paid nothing.
School retiree insurance
An account named for school retiree health paid $1,262,376 from the town’s insurance department.