The Region 7 Board of Education will make a second informal presentation of its proposed 2025-2026 budget Wednesday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Botelle School cafeteria.
On March 12, the Board of Education voted to decrease the budget total to $24,824,729. The budget is still up $554,637, or 2.29 percent, over current spending. For details, click here.
The four Region 7 member towns pay assessments based on their student populations as they relate to the other towns. Norfolk, which paid $2,146,693 last year, is sending 10 fewer students this year, dropping its assessment by $171,148 to $1,975,535.
The Norfolk Board of Education will meet following the presentation to adopt the call for the annual budget hearing and to set its date for April 21.