At the recent School Committee meeting members voiced concerns about the FY11 budget.  They are not alone in their concerns. An article in the Globe makes it clear that towns throughout Massachusetts are bracing for a very difficult time.

from The Boston Globe

School administrators across the state are crafting bleak budgets for the next school year and warning of steep cutbacks, including teacher layoffs, to cope with a probable sharp drop in funding from Beacon Hill and dwindling federal stimulus money.

Though schools grappled with thinned-down budgets last year, they got relief from a massive infusion of federal education dollars that is now all but spent, and officials are bracing for cuts that go deep into the classroom. (Read the full story here.)