Select Board opens budget hearings amid $2.6 million school shortfall
Select Board · Meeting of March 17, 2026
Upton Select Board heard Town Manager Kristen Rubin detail a $2.6 million school assessment shortfall that will likely trigger a voter override at Annual Town Meeting. The shortfall comprises $142,284 for Blackstone Valley Regional Technical High School and $2,457,651 for MURSD, and ballot questions must be submitted by April 7. The Board unanimously approved $15,000 in recreation scholarship funding from the Risteen B Trust Fund, contingent on Social Services verification, and submitted state earmark requests totaling approximately $95,000 for departmental equipment and services.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of March 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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