 Town Meeting Floor Fight Brewing on Williamstown Elementary School BudgetIn January, the Williamstown Select Board decided to move town meeting back to the Williamstown Elementary School gymnasium.  Mount Greylock School Committee OKs Budget Without Adding Elementary School PositionThe Mount Greylock Regional School Committee approved a fiscal year 2027 spending plan on Thursday that officials characterize as a "level services" budget. Mount Greylock School Committee Takes Another Look at FY27 BudgetThe Mount Greylock School Committee on Tuesday decided to bring a fiscal year 2027 budget to Thursday's public hearing that maintains level services while seeking double-digit percentage increases in the assessments to each of the district's member towns. Mount Greylock Schools Draft Budget Sees Double-Digit Percentage Hikes for TownsThe committee held a special meeting with a single item on the agenda: the draft FY27 budget prepared by the administration. Mount Greylock School Committee Hears Budget Requests, PressuresThe Mount Greylock Regional School Committee Thursday heard the final rounds of fiscal year 2027 budget requests and heard why those — or any — discretionary increases in spending will be difficult in the year that begins July 1. Mount Greylock School Committee Sends FY26 Budget to Member TownsThe committee's annual public hearing and vote on a spending plan for the next academic year concludes a process that began in earnest for the panel in December.  Higher Taxes, Loss of Latin Seen in Mount Greylock's Tentative Spending PlanA 16 percent health insurance increase from the Berkshire Health Group alone accounts for $550,000 in increased cost for the preK-12 district in FY26 — about 38 percent of the $1.4 million total. Lanesborough, Williamstown Schools Make FY26 Budget RequestsThe Mount Greylock Regional School District's elementary school principals Thursday presented their fiscal year 2026 budget requests to the School Committee. |
