Four Towns Meeting (in person only – no public comments)

Four Towns Meeting 12/14 9:00 AM in the ARMS Library: Representatives from Amherst, Pelham, Shutesbury and Leverett will meet to discuss funding for the Regional Schools. There is no public comment at this meeting, but members of the public are welcome to attend – and it’s always good to let our public officials know we are paying attention and that our kids at ARMS & ARHS are still Amherst residents who deserve great schools.

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Dr. Xi and the Regional School Committee (RSC) are preparing for the next Four Towns Meeting on Saturday 12/14 at the Amherst Regional Middle School Library. Dr. Xi intends to present the four member towns with several scenarios, all that use the 6% increase from FY25 in the base for calculating the increase for FY26. School Committee members were clear at the 12/10 RSC meeting that last spring, all four member towns voted to include the additional $355,440 for the Regional Schools and that amount now becomes part of the base, and is not optional at this point. Dr. Xi stressed that she and her team really need to know now, and not in several months, what amount of money they can expect for FY26 as they are already planning on how to handle the deficit and need to know exactly how large it is.