Budget burndown
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By the end of March FY2026 had 40.2% of its budget left, against 33.0% and 32.6% in FY2023 and FY2024.
| FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Jul | 97.9% | 97.9% | 99.3% | 98.1% |
| Aug | 95.9% | 92.3% | 95.9% | 94.9% |
| Sep | 84.6% | 83.9% | 87.6% | 86.0% |
| Oct | 76.8% | 75.9% | 78.2% | 75.6% |
| Nov | 68.1% | 67.8% | 68.3% | 69.1% |
| Dec | 60.7% | 60.0% | 60.8% | 61.0% |
| Jan | 52.7% | 51.0% | 53.9% | 53.9% |
| Feb | 44.3% | 40.6% | 46.8% | 46.8% |
| Mar | 33.0% | 32.6% | 38.7% | 40.2% |
| Apr | 25.9% | 25.0% | 30.3% | 31.1% |
| May | 17.6% | 17.8% | 20.6% | 22.5% |
| Jun | 0.5% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 2.7% |
Share of each year’s final budget not yet spent. General fund, department 300. Open purchase orders are not spending.
1 · The facts
33.0%
of the budget left at end of March, FY2023
32.6%
left at end of March, FY2024
38.7%
left at end of March, FY2025
40.2%
left at end of March, FY2026
0.5%
left unspent at end of June, FY2023
2.7%
left unspent at end of June, FY2026
32.5%
of the budget spent April to June, FY2023
37.5%
of the budget spent April to June, FY2026
51.8%
building upkeep left in March, FY2026
30.2%
building upkeep, usual in March
our estimate
31.0%
building upkeep left in June, FY2026
2 · What it shows
- 1
At the end of March, FY2026 had 40.2% of its budget left; FY2025 had 38.7%.
- 2
April to June then spent 37.5% of FY2026’s budget, against 32.5% in FY2023.
- 3
June ended with 2.7% unspent in FY2026, against 0.5% in FY2023.
- 4
Building & grounds upkeep had 51.8% left in March against a usual 30.2%, and still 31.0% in June.
| Left, Sep | Left, Dec | Left, Mar | Usual, Mar | Ahead of usual, Mar | Left, Jun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health insurance & benefits | 75.4% | 59.5% | 42.9% | 20.5% | $843,565 | 2.9% |
| Teachers & substitutes | 91.7% | 64.6% | 41.5% | 39.6% | $209,944 | 1.5% |
| Building & grounds upkeep | 82.6% | 65.5% | 51.8% | 30.2% | $149,476 | 31.0% |
| Counselors & psychologists | 93.8% | 70.4% | 51.3% | 40.8% | $110,567 | 18.1% |
| Administrators & office staff | 81.2% | 53.7% | 31.4% | 27.7% | $80,294 | 0.2% |
| Transportation | 91.9% | 66.7% | 40.2% | 36.5% | $57,255 | -3.5% |
| Supplies, services & everything else | 63.7% | 48.1% | 42.7% | 31.7% | $55,499 | 17.1% |
| Equipment & technology | 50.3% | 45.4% | 34.7% | 25.2% | $46,942 | -0.6% |
| Heat, electricity & utilities | 91.8% | 68.2% | 43.5% | 36.0% | $42,478 | 11.7% |
| Athletics & activities expenses | 93.5% | 76.4% | 51.0% | 27.9% | $39,256 | 24.9% |
| Paraprofessionals | 92.5% | 63.2% | 37.5% | 34.9% | $37,383 | -14.7% |
| Coaches & activity advisors | 94.3% | 66.0% | 41.1% | 31.4% | $34,973 | 9.2% |
| Legal services | 100.0% | 91.3% | 76.9% | 50.1% | $9,477 | 63.0% |
| Nurses & other staff | 92.2% | 64.3% | 40.9% | 38.4% | $7,521 | -2.4% |
| Professional development | 68.1% | 60.1% | 30.1% | 56.3% | -$10,947 | -19.0% |
| Special-ed contracted services | 98.5% | 68.4% | 31.7% | 46.9% | -$19,259 | -73.5% |
| Custodians | 79.7% | 52.5% | 29.0% | 33.9% | -$38,300 | 1.5% |
| Out-of-district tuition | 75.7% | 35.0% | 29.5% | 38.1% | -$110,393 | 11.4% |
Share of each category’s final FY2026 budget not yet spent. Usual is our average of FY2023 to FY2025; ahead of usual is that gap applied to the FY2026 budget.
Sources
- Lunenburg Budget Project — munis-school-journal.csv (every school journal line, FY2023–FY2026, our redacted reading of the Town’s Report 1)
- Lunenburg Budget Project — munis-school-journal-accounts.csv (every school account, with the FY2026 figures the report prints)
- Town of Lunenburg — how the journal reached us, and what was redacted