Superintendent's Newsletter 3.7.2025

Superintendent’s Message -  FY26 Budget

Budget season is upon us, and I know many of you are wondering what this year will bring after our devastating cuts last year. At this time, I am advocating for a level-service budget for the 2025-2026 school year. A level service budget allows us to retain the same levels of teaching and learning for all students in the upcoming school year. A level service budget is a financial increase from the previous year in order to maintain all programs.

For Norton Public Schools, a level-service budget will be an increase of 4.96% or an increase of $1,762,630. Tomorrow, Saturday March 8th at 9am in the HAY Library, we will host our annual budget workshop with the School Committee. At this time, the NPS administrative team and the Norton School Committee go through the budget being proposed and engage in conversations about priorities. This is a public meeting and is open to anyone in the community. Additionally, on Wednesday, March 12th we will hold a public budget forum during our regular meeting. Again, this is an opportunity for community members to come together, hear about the budget, and to ask any questions that they may have. Please consider joining us at one of these events. 

Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten registration will open March 10th for the 2025-2026 school year for children who will be five years old on or before August 31, 2025. All students who are entering Kindergarten must register, including those already enrolled in our Little Lancers Preschool program. All materials are due by March 24, 2025.

Families of incoming kindergarten students will submit registration information through our registration portal in PowerSchool. A separate form must be completed for each child. Once the pre-registration form has been submitted, it will be sent to a staff member for approval, and families will then receive an email with instructions to complete the registration process.

JCS and LGN will each host orientations for new Kindergarten parents/guardians on March 10th at 6:30 pm. Additional information including required documents for registration and links to the orientations is available on our website under Student Registration in the Families tab.