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Weston Public Schools

How Weston is funding next year and changing schools.

Aerial view of Weston High School in Weston, Massachusetts
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What shapes Weston’s school budget?

Town appropriation funds a $51.36M FY27 school budget request

The elected School Committee adopts the district budget request, while the town appropriation process determines the public funding available. For FY27 the committee adopted $51,361,325, a 3.95% increase, while a separate secondary-building feasibility request moves through a Special Town Meeting.

The operating budget is adopted locally

The School Committee unanimously adopted the $51.36 million FY27 request on March 10.

Choices already reflect tradeoffs

Minutes document a proposal to eliminate seven support positions while funding new operating priorities, including secondary schedule changes.

Building planning is a separate decision path

The town created a School Building Committee, entered the MSBA process, and received a feasibility estimate approaching $2 million.

Where the district stands

Adopted FY27 school budgetverified
$51,361,325
Increase over FY26verified
3.95%
Students in social-emotional screening pilotverified
337 students
Pilot students identified at elevated riskverified
58 students
Approximate feasibility-study estimateverified
$2,000,000

Major projects

Middle and high school building study

Feasibility planning

Weston entered the MSBA process, formed a building committee, and is preparing a town funding decision for feasibility work estimated near $2 million.

Next: Special Town Meeting consideration of feasibility funding
  1. School Building Committee and MSBA agreement approved
  2. Estimate approaching $2 million discussed

Funding

2026-27 operating budget

Committee-adopted

The School Committee adopted a $51,361,325 budget request, 3.95% above FY26.

Next: Town appropriation process
  1. Public hearing includes objections to seven proposed support-position eliminations
  2. School Committee unanimously adopts budget

Funding

2026-27 student-experience changes

Implementation underway

The district is implementing a secondary schedule agreement, a high-school phone ban, elementary literacy curriculum, and K-12 social-emotional screening.

Next: Fall 2026 implementation and public reporting
  1. EL Education K-5 curriculum launch reported
  2. Secondary schedule agreement ratified
  3. K-12 screening expansion announced

Funding

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