School Committee allocates $189,371 to interventionists

School Committee · Meeting of June 16, 2026

Amherst School Committee voted to direct $189,371 in added funding to intervention teaching positions and to fund five specials paraprofessionals. The first motion passed 5-0, and the $189,371 was split among regular instruction ($140,000), health insurance ($20,000) and support services ($29,371). A second motion to reallocate $187,500 from administration, consulting, contingency and curriculum lines for five designated full-time paraprofessionals passed 4-1.

The superintendent, identified as Dr. Z, called the targeted language "a level of micromanagement." The committee also voted to relinquish Wildwood Elementary School effective Sept. 1, 2026. The final budget was not voted.

In the full story:

• Superintendent's update and K-6 readiness
• Public comment
• Building committee update
• Minutes
• Gifts
• Budget: the core of the meeting
• Wildwood
• i-Ready overview
• Student safety and wellbeing
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,606 words

Source: the School Committee meeting of June 16, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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