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Mineola board hears $112.2 million budget plan, $1.6M middle school conversion and $4M capital-reserve proposal
Summary
District staff presented the 2025-26 proposed $112,197,493 budget, including a $1.6 million transfer to convert middle school spaces and a $4 million use of the capital reserve for turf, roof and art-room repairs; Proposition 2 will go to voters on May 20.
The Mineola Union Free School District Board of Education on Monday reviewed the proposed $112,197,493 budget for the 2025-26 school year and a set of capital projects that will appear as Proposition 2 on the May 20 ballot.
"Tonight, we're gonna focus specifically on equipment and capital expense," said Victor Herman, a district staff member who presented the budget slides. The proposal would seek a maximum tax levy increase of 2.08 percent and a budget-to-budget increase of roughly 2.41 percent, the presentation showed.
The district proposes three capital-related expenditures highlighted in the presentation: a $1.6 million transfer to capital within the operating budget to convert the Mineola Middle School gym into a cafeteria and kitchen and convert the…
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