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Harrison Central projects steep enrollment growth; budget aims to "maintain what we have"
Summary
District leaders told the Board on March 19 that surging student enrollment, rising health‑insurance costs and special‑education expenditures are driving a preliminary 2025–26 expenditure increase; administrators said the goal for next year is to preserve existing programs while revenues and tax‑cap limits are resolved.
The Harrison Central School District presented a preliminary 2025–26 budget on March 19, 2025, saying enrollment growth, health‑insurance increases and special‑education costs are the main drivers of a multi‑million‑dollar rise in expenditures.
Doctor Woll, a district staff member who led the presentation, told the Board the district must stay within the New York State tax‑levy cap formula or seek a 60% voter override to raise the levy beyond the cap. "We are required to live within this tax levy cap or to seek a 60% voter approval, an override to spend more than that," he said.
The nut graf: the district is trying to keep programs and class sizes stable while planning for possible new classrooms and capital work as large housing developments could add hundreds of…
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