Schools face $600,000 special ed cost shift

From Sherborn News

• Board of Health takes up Meadowbrook peer review, permitless renovation. Sherborn's Board of Health weighed how closely to scrutinize Toll Brothers' Meadowbrook Commons project and confronted a Western Avenue home where renovation work had proceeded for years without a building permit ever being issued.Sherborn News
• Water Commission clears FEIR hurdle, faces unfunded peer review bill. Sherborn's Water and Sewer District Commission learned its Meadowbrook Commons environmental review has cleared a major state hurdle, but a developer representative said there is no money yet to cover engineering oversight that could run into six figures.Sherborn News
• Zoning board continues Coolidge Crossing hearing to October 5. Sherborn's zoning board heard revised plans for Toll Brothers' 84 and 86 Coolidge Street project, now proposing 132 units, as architects said a state energy standard is driving a costly shift to flat roofs that one resident said would hurt property values.Sherborn News
• Select Board takes up recall process, $2 million borrowing. Sherborn's Select Board considered sending an elected-official recall process and dissolving the volunteer Personnel Board to Town Meeting, over one member's objection that recall would make town business 'all politics,' while also weighing a short-term borrowing bid and a dementia-friendly signage grant.Sherborn News
• School Committee reports surplus, flags costly special ed shift. Dover-Sherborn's School Committee closed the year with a surplus but is bracing for a costly shift as the district takes on all out-of-district special education costs for grades six through twelve, with a business administrator warning the district is 'not flush at all.'Sherborn News
• Sherborn home sales range from nominal trust transfer to $2.8 million. Sherborn's latest real estate roundup tracks the week's recorded home sales, spanning everything from a nominal trust transfer to a $2.8 million purchase, the full range of transactions logged this month.Sherborn News

Today in Sherborn

• Select Board posts FY27 town government objectives. The Select Board posted its Town Government and Select Board objectives for fiscal year 2027 on the town website.Town of Sherborn

Coming up

• Fri, Sep 25: Sen. Rausch joins farmers' roundtable September 25. State Sen. Rausch is scheduled to join a small business roundtable for Sherborn farmers on September 25, the town announced.Town of Sherborn

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