Neil Zolot / Correspondent
The ongoing struggle to meeting school needs while keeping costs low for Hamilton and Wenham got some help with the addition of additional state aid.
The Hamilton-Wenham School Department will receive $160,481 in additional Chapter 70 education aid to apply to its fiscal 2022 budget. The money comes as the result of adopting the Student Opportunity Act to help underperforming student subgroups.
This will drop Hamilton’s increase from $1.2 million to $994,764 and Wenham’s from $376,208 to $263,845.
At a meeting of the School Committee and the Hamilton and Wenham boards of selectmen and finance committees Feb. 10, Hamilton Town Manager Joe Domelowicz asked the town’s planned increase be reduced by 1%.