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The Marblehead School Committee met to discuss the fiscal year 2024 budget.

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The committee voted for Superintendent John Buckey to present two budgets to the town before the budget hearing next Tuesday.

One budget includes all cuts requested by the town, and the other includes an override with no additional costs.

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The committee is required to post their budget by Thursday.

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The committee does not have the final numbers needed to finish building the budget.

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The committee is waiting for the town to close the FY22 books.

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The committee does not know if the $800,000 number is actually the number above the current budget that the town will be able to support.

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The committee has not received definitive guidance on what would be supported as part of any structural deficit.

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Article 31 is a supplemental appropriation and expenses of several departments.

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The committee would like to present three versions of the budget to the town.