Committee certifies $54.7 million school budget

School Committee · Meeting of March 11, 2026

Groton-Dunstable School Committee certified a $54.7 million fiscal 2027 budget on a 5-0 roll call vote. The $54,737,251 appropriation drives town assessments of $31,038,803 for Groton and $9,538,463 for Dunstable. A financial presenter identified as Sherry said the district has spent $405,000 on PFAS expenses this year and holds more than $1 million in reserve for them, noting "a lot of the Groton extra gift money last year went to paying PFAS expenses." Members also approved $2,010,142.94 in warrants and a 2026-2027 school calendar.

Liaison reports noted Groton's Community Preservation Committee advanced a $233,000 playground warrant article to town meeting, and the district applied for roughly $140,000 in state grants to electrify kitchen ovens at three schools.

In the full story:

• The Full Story
• [00:19:41] — Sherry, financial presenter
• Why It Matters
• Key Motions & Votes
• Source
• Groton's community access TV: School Committee meeting, March 11, 2026
• The complete report: 837 words

Source: the School Committee meeting of March 11, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.