By NEIL ZOLOT
WAKEFIELD — The current proposal for the Fiscal 2027 school budget totals $58,601,611, a 5.73 percent increase of $3,176,450 over the Fiscal 2026 budget of $55,425,161. The increase from Fiscal 2025 to 2026 was 5.94 percent.
Eighty four percent of the budget is for personnel, 12 percent for contracted services and 4…