How was it decided that the schools will cover 65% of the deficit and the municipal departments will cover 35% of the deficit?

The Town Administrator and School Superintendent have talked about the 65/35 allocation in recent discussions and that’s what the proposed school and municipal “balanced budget” scenarios are based on.  The 65/35 split comes from the relative size of the school and municipal budgets (see pages 67-70 of the Sustainable Budget Task Force report, which includes the FY22 chart below). Ultimately, the budget recommendations from the Advisory Committee will be printed in the Warrant (in Article 6) and made to Town Meeting.

Budget Town School Percentage Breakdown


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1. What is the Town's budget?
2. Why does the FY24 deficit number keep changing?
3. How was it decided that the schools will cover 65% of the deficit and the municipal departments will cover 35% of the deficit?