Superintendent Aaron Dean and Business Manager Erika Snyder said spending plan has a small increase of 1.21 percent, or a $243,603 increase, over this fiscal year. Based on what we have for the numbers, I feel like this is the most responsible way to go to provide the quality education that our kids deserve, Dean told the committee. In late February, school officials presented the town of Adams with a budget update. They noted with stagnating Chapter 70 education funds, they were considering three budget scenarios that represented different levels of increases to the Adams assessment ranging from 0.64 percent to 7.22 percent. The recommended budget was scenario 2, the middle point between the two other budget scenarios. This was voted on by the Audit and Evaluation subcommittee.