Marlboro Central School District board adopts $67.13 million budget, trustees urge voters to turn out

The Marlboro Central School District Board of Education on April 24 approved a $67,127,303 budget for the 2025–26 school year, a 2.34% increase from the prior year, after a presentation from district staff about revenue uncertainties tied to a large pilot program moving onto the property tax rolls.

The board’s vote followed a detailed presentation by Emerson Segarra, the district presenter, who described the budget’s assumptions, the main cost drivers and contingency scenarios. "The budget that we're presenting to the board today is basically $67,127,303," Segarra said, noting the increase is driven primarily by salaries and benefits and by health-care premium growth.

Why it matters: Board members repeatedly emphasized that while the district’s proposed tax levy cap could reach as high as 9.1% under the state formula, the district is not proposing the maximum and -- because of the shift of a major pilot assessment into the tax rolls -- many taxpayers will see little or no change, depending on their town’s final assessments. Segarra said roughly half of an example 9% levy change would reflect the pilot-to-tax-rolls transition, not a direct increase in the…