Watertown Weighs Special Ed Overhaul, FY27 Budget
Watertown School Committee reviewed a new special education strategy and opened a hearing on a $64,590,018 fiscal 2027 budget. The budget, a 4 percent increase over fiscal 2026, adds a special education coach and reinstates athletic fees families call "certainly a hardship."
School Committee · Meeting of March 23, 2026
Watertown School Committee reviewed a new special education strategy and opened a hearing on a $64,590,018 fiscal 2027 budget. The budget, a 4 percent increase over fiscal 2026, adds a special education coach and reinstates athletic fees families call "certainly a hardship." Member Mark Figueres said "what stood out the most" in the special education strategy "was rebuilding trust," while member Lisa Kapocha pressed for context on findings that "highlight pretty significant problems." Several speakers, including Barbara Seda Agamians of the Armenian Relief Society, urged funding a $7,000 tutor for the Armenian language program, saying "that's your job to find the $7,000 in the budget." No votes were taken on either item; the budget vote is set for March 26.
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Source: the School Committee meeting of March 23, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.
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