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Falmouth Public Schools faces a growing financial picture heading into FY27. On February 10, 2026, the School Committee unanimously adopted a $64,987,284 budget for FY27, a 5.8% increase over FY26. That marks the third consecutive year in which the requested increase has grown: 3.5% in FY25, then 5.5% in FY26, and now 5.8% this year, signaling a sustained trend of larger annual requests.
Beyond day-to-day spending, the same meeting advanced two major capital items to Town Meeting. The committee voted unanimously to send a $2,000,000 article funding a feasibility study for renovating the Lawrence School, the first funding vote toward what could become a multi-year, multi-million-dollar construction project managed by the state's School Building Authority. In a separate article, the board approved transferring $250,000 from town free cash for additional school safety and security measures, following the third School Resource Officer it approved in December 2025 for the elementary schools.
What happened
Board adopts $64.99M budget, third year of bigger increases
The School Committee unanimously adopted a $64,987,284 FY27 budget on February 10, 2026, a 5.8% increase that marks the third straight year of accelerating growth (3.5% in FY25, 5.5% in FY26, 5.8% in FY27).
$2M feasibility study heads to Town Meeting for Lawrence rebuild
On February 10, 2026 the board unanimously approved sending a $2,000,000 Town Meeting article for a Lawrence School rebuild feasibility study, the first funding step toward a large construction project managed by the state's School Building Authority.
$250,000 more for school safety, on top of a third resource officer
On February 10, 2026 the board voted unanimously to send a Town Meeting article transferring $250,000 from town free cash for additional school safety and security, building on the third School Resource Officer approved for elementary schools in December 2025.
Synthesized from 3 published, source-verified alerts about budget for Falmouth Public Schools.
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