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Winchester manager at odds with school board on budget

By John Laidler

 |  Globe correspondent  

  February 19, 2012

A debate over the school budget is looming in Winchester, with a nearly $800,000 gap between the district’s fiscal 2013 spending plan and what town manager Richard C. Howard is offering. Howard on Wednesday submitted a budget proposal to the Finance Committee that calls for a $1.8 million increase in school spending over the current year. While that increase would provide what the district needs to maintain existing services, the increase is $781,146 below what the School Committee is seeking.

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