 Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Slight Increase to Proposed AssessmentsThe Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to slightly increase the assessment to the district's member towns from the figures in the draft budget presented by the administration Mount Greylock District to Towns: 'We're Going to Need Help'Assistant Superintendent Joseph Bergeron last week showed the panel a draft FY25 budget that calls for a 3.01 increase in the assessment to Lanesborough and a 3.54 percent hike for Williamstown.  Mount Greylock District Looking to Mitigate Cost Increases in FY25 BudgetThe Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday started to hear numbers that will feed the fiscal year 2025 budget that the panel will be asked to approve next month. Mount Greylock School Committee Holds Initial FY25 Budget TalkThe Mount Greylock Regional School District administration is forecasting a fiscal year 2025 budget with little room for additional programming in the preK-12 district. Mount Greylock School Committee Advances Administration's Budget ProposalOn a vote of 6-1, the committee voted to approve a fiscal year 2024 spending plan that would result in a 3.16 percent increase in the assessment to Williamstown and a 3 percent increase in the assessment to Lanesborough. Mount Greylock School District's Draft Spending Plan Hits Towns' TargetThat, in part, allowed the town manager to present a bottom line budget with no projected property tax rate increase for the coming fiscal year. Mount Greylock School Committee Members Push to Keep Diversity Post in BudgetMount Greylock School Committee members and members of the public argued on Thursday for preserving a districtwide diversity, equity and inclusion position in the fiscal year 2024 budget. Mount Greylock District Diversity Post Casualty to FY24 Budget StressSuperintendent Jason McCandless informed the School Committee at its Thursday meeting of the decision, which is related both to the district's difficulty filling the position created in the fiscal 2023 budget and challenges arising in creating the FY24 spending plan. |
