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WESTMINSTER â Members of the Bellows Falls Union High School board got their first look at the proposed 2021-22 school budget of $8.8 million and its 11 percent potential increase.
Flora Pagan, the business manager for the Windham Northeast Supervisory Union, outlined the budget and its areas of major increases: special education is up 63 percent, she said. Director Jack Bryar of Grafton said that increase in special education âwas the largest percentage increase weâve had. It didnât look right,â he said.
The current school budget is $7.1 million.
Additionally, wages are budgeted at an increase of three percent, while benefits are up 8 percent.