Category: Budget

With layoffs looming, teachers union clashes with town officials over school funding

A classroom at the Driscoll School. Photo by Sam Mintz

A plan to trim $2.4 million from Brookline’s schools budget for fiscal year 2025 has raised questions about the town’s financial priorities and led to a fierce debate that has pitted top town officials against the union representing teachers. At the center of the argument is the question, pushed by the teachers union, of whether… Continue reading With layoffs looming, teachers union clashes with town officials over school funding

Budget crunch: Town officials warn of cuts and more overrides in coming years

Town Administrator Chas Carey, center, with Select Board members Miriam Aschkenasy, left, and Bernard Greene, right. Phioto by Artemisia Luk

The message in the 2025 financial plan proposed this week by the town of Brookline was clear: the town will scrape by over the next year by balancing its budget with mostly small cuts. But in the coming years, there is a growing gap between the cost of the high-quality services that residents rely on,… Continue reading Budget crunch: Town officials warn of cuts and more overrides in coming years

Governor’s budget cuts will hit Brookline Senior Center

The Brookline Senior Center. Photo courtesy of Brookline Senior Center

The Brookline Senior Center will lose $75,000 in state funding due to budget cuts announced this week by Governor Maura Healey. As part of the $375 million in state cuts, which the Healey administration says are due to unexpectedly low tax revenues in recent months, some local earmarks which had been included in the fiscal… Continue reading Governor’s budget cuts will hit Brookline Senior Center