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PUTNAM — After several difficult budgets, Matt Boucher was bracing for a tough 2013-14 fiscal year at Putnam Central School. But nothing could have prepared him for the news he recently received. The “first run” of aid figures to school districts call for Putnam to take a 35 percent cut in funding from the state. “I was very surprised to see a 35 percent decrease,” said Boucher, the Putnam school superintendent. “I anticipated a decrease, but 35 percent is not anywhere near equitable. We lost 17 percent last year as well.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed 2013-14 state budget calls for a 4.4 percent increase in state aid to schools. That’s not across the board, though. Crown Point is slated to get a 5.5 percent increase,