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The cherry sheet charged Lunenburg $1,003,251 for FY2026; 80.3% was tuition for pupils schooled elsewhere.
1 · The facts
$1,003,251
cherry sheet charges, FY2026
$11,244,422
cherry sheet aid, FY2026
$10,241,171
aid less charges, FY2026
$460,282
school choice tuition, pupils sent elsewhere
$344,897
charter school tuition
80.3%
of the charges, those two together
$1,084,675
charges, FY2027, final state budget
$1,069,349
charges read to the Finance Committee, 2026-02-19
2 · What it shows
1
Charges of $1,003,251 came off $11,244,422 of aid in FY2026, leaving $10,241,171.
2
School choice and charter tuition were $460,282 and $344,897, 80.3% of the charges.
3
The FY2027 final cherry sheet charges $1,084,675; the Finance Committee heard $1,069,349 in February.
Cherry sheet charges by year
Year
School choice tuition
Charter tuition
All charges
Aid less charges
FY2027
$414,704
$475,192
$1,084,675
$10,812,230
FY2026
$460,282
$344,897
$1,003,251
$10,241,171
FY2025
$402,801
$543,111
$1,141,559
$9,619,984
FY2024
$441,197
$493,750
$1,114,456
$9,679,330
FY2023
$515,721
$486,889
$1,182,260
$9,317,868
FY2022
$507,783
$417,237
$1,102,728
$8,337,643
FY2021
$388,475
$503,924
$1,065,287
$8,362,332
FY2020
$513,306
$377,481
$1,082,507
$8,226,422
FY2019
$602,600
$267,080
$1,044,696
$8,029,638
FY2018
$616,683
$597,784
$1,388,782
$7,584,011
FY2017
$495,193
$477,603
$1,133,807
$6,865,140
FY2016
$517,649
$631,906
$1,303,195
$6,215,297
FY2015
$437,347
$522,325
$1,113,163
$6,081,487
FY2014
$475,249
$548,449
$1,162,082
$5,693,319
FY2013
$460,774
$465,884
$1,061,596
$5,657,163
FY2012
$355,494
$316,112
$801,940
$5,134,450
FY2011
$284,958
$325,360
$739,328
$5,242,991
FY2010
$240,565
$327,126
$703,409
$5,312,099
Division of Local Services cherry sheets at the final state budget. Charges are deducted from the aid before the town receives it.