Sudbury schools budget panel projects $164,000 FY26 deficit, plans May reallocations
Sudbury schools project $164,000 FY26 deficit, weigh electric bus pilot and first club fee hike since 2017.
SPS School Committee Budget Subcommittee · Meeting of April 30, 2026
Sudbury schools project $164,000 FY26 deficit, weigh electric bus pilot and first club fee hike since 2017. The SPS School Committee Budget Subcommittee reviewed a draft third-quarter report Wednesday showing every salary account running about 1 percent over budget because of the retroactive teacher contract, alongside a $201,000 plant operations overrun that includes roughly $60,000 in extra electricity costs and $12,000 in legal invoices under administration. The finance director said he will recommend internal transfers, including about $62,000 from school bus transportation and unused circuit breaker funds, rather than a reserve request.
Members directed staff to build an electric-bus add-alternate, likely a four- or six-bus pilot, into the shared Lincoln-Sudbury transportation RFP going out in late summer. The administration recommended raising club fees from $100 to $125 with an 18-student minimum, but members asked for enrollment data first, worried smaller middle school clubs "would not run."
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Source: the SPS School Committee Budget Subcommittee meeting of April 30, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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