School Committee backs Peasley preschool, 4-0

School Committee · Meeting of November 4, 2026

Northborough K-8 School Committee voted 4-0 to keep preschool classrooms in the new Peasley school. Administrators said about 25 pre-K students receive special education services, with the latest design calling for potentially four classrooms, and a member warned the district would be doing "a disservice to the community and the taxpayers" by dropping it. The committee also accepted $1,041,688 in fiscal 2027 grants, a $7,105 sign from the Melican PTO and $234,254.66 in budget transfers.

Administrators previewed a $34,054,247 fiscal 2028 budget, up 6.16 percent, and said a 3 percent budget would require another $1,015,100 in cuts.

In the full story:

• Audience sharing: the Children's Book Award
• Principals' reports and the elementary improvement plan
• Cell phone policy
• Food service evaluation
• Donation
• Peasley building project and preschool
• Z roof
• Calendar survey
• Superintendent's report: enrollment, expenditures, grants and capital
• FY28 preliminary budget
• Joint meeting with the town
• Member reports and routine items
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,760 words

Source: the School Committee meeting of November 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.