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At the February 25, 2026 joint budget meeting of the finance and selectmen's boards, First Selectman Jeff Maguire pressed the preschool as an out-of-town cost question, asking whether residents are paying for out-of-town students and arguing the tuition does not cover the cost: with roughly fourteen out- of-town or staff children among about sixty-eight preschoolers, "they're paying at a maximum $6,000 of tuition, you're not covering your costs," and "a standard pre-K from a private business is going to be $12,000, you're charging six." He told the finance board, "you guys have to get the proof." The superintendent and board members answered on the record.