FY27 Budget

On December 17th the Administration presented the School Committee with our FY27 Preliminary Budget, which is attached here. A slide deck, which is attached here, provides a summary of all of the budget itself. In developing this budget we met with all of the cost center managers, did a line by line review of the current budget requests, and completed a historical review of all past spending and needs, as well as requests for improvements and possible reduction areas. I am happy to report that this preliminary budget represents a 2.96% increase over the current FY26 budget, while continuing all of the wonderful services that Norwood currently provides its students. There is still much to do before this budget is finalized, but we are happy to provide a budget that supports our students and staff, while being cognizant of the needs of our taxpayers.

Further, multiple cost center reviews have been brought to the School Committee over the past month. Those can be found here:
Student Services
Personnel
Enrollment/Grants
Technology
Academics
Transportation