Grafton schools outline $1.4M budget deficit with teaching cuts
School Committee - Grafton Public Schools · Meeting of January 6, 2026
Grafton schools present $1.4 million budget deficit with preliminary cuts proposed. Superintendent James Cummings outlined reductions targeting $1 million to $1.2 million, including 14 full-time teaching positions and $162,000 in non-personnel cuts; Chair Liora Bram and Vice Chair Laura Often expressed confidence in his management while noting that without an override, the district faces a catastrophic outlook. The committee also approved the 2026-2027 school calendar unanimously and corrected staff attendance data that had ranked Grafton near the 98th percentile statewide, improving to the 67th percentile after accounting for errors where professional development days were counted as absences.
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Source: the School Committee - Grafton Public Schools meeting of January 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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