School Committee Sets April 9 Budget Hearing

School Committee · Meeting of February 12, 2026

Lynn School Committee set an April 9 public hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget amid a $10.2 million state aid boost and a 435-student enrollment decline. Superintendent Cohen told the committee rising health insurance, transportation and special education costs are offsetting the Chapter 70 increase, saying "we were provided a $10.2 million increase" but warning "the challenge isn't that the funding stopped increasing, it's that the costs didn't stop increasing." Mayor Nicholson briefed members on an executive order, signed last Thursday, barring civil immigration enforcement on city property including schools, citing "frustrating and even outrageous" local incidents. The committee also approved a Classical High School Italy trip, a DW Kim's U.S. Taekwondo Center scholarship for three students per school, and 3 percent cost-of-living raises for confidential secretaries and grant-funded staff.

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Source: the School Committee meeting of February 12, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.