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Babbitt vocational school projects 3.9% district impact in 2025-26 budget presentation
Summary
Representatives from Babbitt (Bethlehem Area vocational-technical program) presented a $15.6 million 2025-26 budget to the Saucon Valley School District board, outlining a $957,139 (6.56%) increase in expenditures driven by salary and benefits, enrollment changes and a $250,000 projected expansion expense.
Babbitt vocational program presenter Mr. Lasarcek told the Saucon Valley School District Board of Education on April 8 that the 2025-26 budget totals $15,555,038 and reflects an overall expenditure increase of $957,139, or 6.56 percent, compared with the prior year.
The nut of the presentation was that salary and benefits account for the largest share of the increase. Lasarcek reported a $685,940 rise in salary and benefits to support two new positions tied to an expansion and cited a $250,000 expenditure for taking over a factory facility on Bethlehem’s south…
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