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FY2027 cut athletic buses from the town budget, then put $60,000 back, most on the fee fund.
What was put back, against the estimates
From the town budgetFrom the fee fundThe district’s estimateShared buses, contract pricesour estimate
From the town budget
From the fee fund
The district’s estimate
Shared buses, contract prices
Put back
$10,000
$50,000
not published
not published
District estimate
not published
not published
$58,880
not published
Posted schedules
not published
not published
not published
$120,296
The last bar is ours, high school only: FY2027’s fall as posted, with FY2026’s winter and spring, teams sharing buses, at FY2027 contract prices.
1 · The facts
$127,550
athletic buses cut from FY2027
$60,000
put back, August 2026
$10,000
of it from the town
$50,000
of it from the fee fund
$58,880
the district’s estimate of the year’s buses
$120,296
the posted schedules, shared buses, FY2027 prices
our estimate
2 · What it shows
1
Most of what was put back is on the fee fund: $50,000 of $60,000.
2
The district’s $58,880 estimate is below what the posted schedules would cost, by our estimate.
What was said
“the verified transportation cost was approximately $58,880, which she rounded to $60,000. Of that amount, $10,000 would come from the additional appropriation and $50,000 from the athletic revolving account.”
“$10,000 toward the restoration of high school athletic transportation, with additional transportation funding to come from the athletic revolving fund. Ms. Young seconded the motion. The motion passed, 3-0-1”
“the reduced cost resulted from scheduling more competitions closer to Lunenburg, increasing home competitions, and using actual schedules and prior-year spring costs to obtain a more accurate transportation estimate”
“the private transportation waiver currently included in FinalForms, which allowed student-athletes to be transported privately while district transportation was unavailable”