from June 13, 2019:

A group of parents and education advocates filed a lawsuit in state court Thursday over what they're calling inadequate school funding. The plaintiffs argue the current school funding system, which is more than 25 years old, isn't keeping up with their students' needs and is creating a system of "separate but unequal schools."

The plaintiffs include students and parents from Chelsea, Chicopee, Fall River, Haverhill, Lowell, Orange and Springfield — all diverse municipalities with above-average proportions of low-income families — as well as the NAACP's New England Area Conference and the nonprofit Chelsea Collaborative.

from Board of Selectmen Meeting May 8, 2019

Inter-municipal agreement between Templeton and Hubbardston, MA
Accounting services - provider = Templeton & end user = Hubbardston.

APPORTIONMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF COSTS
The End User shall pay to the Provider per fiscal year as follows:

FY20 - $37,000
FY21 - $42,000
FY22 - $43,000

This is contingent on the End User’s receipt in FY20 of $30,000 in funds to offset the cost of
software conversions necessary to service both Town departments. It is further contingent upon
appropriation by Hubbardston and Templeton Town Meetings at their annual town meetings of
the necessary appropriations to fund the provision of and purchase of the services specified herein.

So, lets do a breakdown of this:

Beginning July 1, 2019, Hubbardston pays Templeton $37,000.00 for Templeton Town Accountant to work on Hubbardstons' books.

What this costs Templeton:

Templeton Town Accountant receives a $7,500.00 raise to do the extra work.

Part time person in accountant office goes full time at $49,780.00 + benefits.
(part time person was at $20,346.00 / $18,903 + floating pay at $1,443.00)
Benefits cost approximately an extra $25,000.00 (conservative)

$49,780.00 - $20,346.00 = $29,434.00.

So, 4th grade math equals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  7,500.00   (accountant raise)
part time to full time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,434.00   (part time person raise)
now full time benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000.00

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$61,934.00
subtract Hubbardston payment . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,000.00

Templeton in the hole for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$24,934.00

Assuming the steady increase in health insurance benefit, yearly cost of living increases, merit raises and increases in retirement costs, it can be assumed Templeton will continue to come out on short end of this stick.

You may watch the selectmen meeting of May 8, 2019 to see this happen.