Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposed budget is in and it won’t help Rochester too much, said Town Administrator Rich LaCamera.

“Unfortunately with the governor’s budget that was presented last Wednesday, we’re only going up twelve thousand dollars in the chapter seventy money,” he said.

That education funding from the state still leaves Rochester Memorial School's budget too high for the town. Like the elementary school's budget, Old Rochester Regional Junior High and High School are still a work in progress.

ORR in particular still has a long way to go. Even with the governor’s proposed budget that would give the district $144,000 in chapter 70 funds as well as money for school choice students from other schools, it is still asking Rochester for around $327,000 more than last year.

“That’s a problem for us because we can’t afford that kind of an increase,” said LaCamera. “They’re going to have to reduce their assessment by two hundred twenty thousand dollars to balance our budget.”

Selectman Richard Nunes questioned how much the towns paid to ORR above the state’s requirement, which LaCamera said he would have to check.

“We’re always having a hard time meeting those additional monies that are being requested, but the thing is we’re paying tens of thousands of dollars above what the state requires us to pay,” Nunes said.

A representative of the Selectmen will meet with the ORR budget sub-committee. LaCamera also said Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School’s budget is high with a $300,000 increase.