The City of Melrose has approved a $13.5 million tax override for the FY27 budget, which will directly fund 17 school positions and restore the team-based education model for the Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School. $3.8 million of the override funds is designated for public schools, nearly $6 million more than the previous year's budget. The elementary portion of the budget, worth more than $17 million, will fund one new teacher position at the Hoover, Roosevelt, and Winthrop schools, and a special education interventionist for the schools and a counselor at Lincoln. The budget also includes the intention to create a STEM Director role to assist Executive Director of Academics and Accountability Melanie Acevedo with the implementation of a new mathematics curriculum.