Connetquot holds public hearing on $227 million proposed 2025-26 budget; tax levy increase limited by tax cap

Robert Hauser, assistant superintendent for business and operations for the Connetquot Central School District, presented the district’s proposed 2025–26 budget at a public hearing Tuesday, saying the district plans to spend about $227 million, a 2.91% increase over the current year, and to raise taxes at the maximum permitted under the tax cap — 1.34%.

Hauser told the board and audience that the proposed spending plan “maintains all the academic, all the athletic, all the extracurricular club activities, and all the services that are provided.” He said the budget would expand Universal Pre-K from 11 sections serving 190 students to two additional sections to accommodate 226 students.

The budget presentation included the district’s homeowner impact examples: for a home assessed at $10,000 the estimated school tax would be $2,114.42, an increase of $28.06 (a 1.34% rise). For a home assessed at $50,000, Hauser said the change would amount…