On Thursday, the School Committee held its annual public hearing on the budget. In year's past, that has been the night the panel votes to approve the spending plan it will send to member towns Lanesborough and Williamstown with the property tax assessments voters will consider at their respective annual town meetings.
"I'm going to keep on saying 'draft, draft, draft' all night long because this is a work in progress," Business Administrator Joe Bergeron said in presenting the budget to the board.
As recently as March 3, the district told the Williamstown Finance Committee that it would be ready with final budget numbers for the Fin Comm to review at its March 17 meeting.