By NEIL ZOLOT
WAKEFIELD – The proposed School Department budget for Fiscal Year 2026 is currently $55,425,161, a $3,105,462 or 5.94 percent increase over Fiscal 2025’s $52,319,699, which was a 5.5 percent increase over Fiscal 2024.
When grants, gifts and state and federal aid is factored in later, the numbers will be different.
“For the last six…
