Hadley School Committee Approves FY27 Budget, Contract

School Committee · Meeting of June 22, 2026

HADLEY — The Hadley School Committee approved a fiscal year 2027 budget and extended Superintendent Anne McKenzie's contract through 2032. The budget carries a local contribution of $7,879,633, a 1 percent increase funded by the town's recent override, with a 3 percent cost-of-living raise for all staff. The committee unanimously rated McKenzie "exemplary" across all four state evaluation standards, citing pathways enrollment growth to 65 percent of high schoolers and grant funding reaching $1.6 million, up from $650,000 in fiscal year 2024.

McKenzie said, "No student ever stops them in the street and says, hey, who's your superintendent?" The committee also approved disposing of surplus cafeteria chairs and locker-room equipment ahead of a stage renovation and backed, without a formal vote, a roughly $5,000 softball dugout project at Hadley Elementary School pending Select Board approval.

In the full story:

• Agenda Adjustments and Public Comment
• Fiscal Year 2026-2027 School Calendar
• Fiscal Year 2027 Budget, Final Form
• Student Opportunity Act Progress Report
• Superintendent Evaluation
• Superintendent Contract Extension and Compensation
• State Graduation Requirements Preview
• Vacation Carryover Request
• Superintendent Updates
• Business Manager's Report
• Asset Disposition
• Softball Dugout Request
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,005 words

Source: the School Committee meeting of June 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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