Arlington School Committee Unanimously Approves FY27 Budget With Override and No-Override Scenarios — March 12 Meeting

The Arlington School Committee voted 7-0 to approve two FY27 budget scenarios: a $107.7 million plan contingent on a successful override vote on March 28, and a level-funded $103.6 million plan if the override fails. The revised budgets restore weekly ACE planning blocks for elementary teachers and maintain multilingual learner staffing, while reducing 2.3 specialist positions and eliminating a deputy IT director role amid declining enrollment and potential loss of Title I federal funding.