FY16 budget synopsis

Our complete budget process, minutes, and documentation are easily available online at our Westford School Board page.  This will always be the source of official meeting agendas, minutes, documents, web streams, etc.  This blog is an additional means of diving deeper into the data and methods used for school board decision making.

Our Joint Meeting budget presentation is on Wednesday, January 7 (7:00 at the school common area).

For those not able to attend, a quick synopsis of our FY16 proposed budget:

• Proposed budget change:  -1.3%  (-$67,000)
• Projected homestead tax rate change:  +4.9% ($72 per $100k of assessed value)
• Projected income sensitivity tax rate change:  +9.35% ($26 per $10k of income)