By NEIL ZOLOT
NORTH READING — The initial estimate for the Fiscal Year 2024 School Department budget is $37,768,204, an increase of $2,058,874 (5.8%) from the FY23 budget of $35,709,330.
A preliminary budget presentation made to the committee recently by Superintendent Dr. Patrick Daly and Michael Connelly, the Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations, termed…