Haddon Township School District board adopts 2025–26 budget, raises local levy about 15%

Haddon Township School District Board of Education members voted to approve the district’s final 2025–26 budget during a public hearing on April 25, 2025, adopting a plan that raises the local tax levy roughly 15% to $30,489,288 and would cost an average homeowner about $58.56 per month (approximately $702.97 per year), according to the superintendent’s presentation.

The budget matter was presented by Dr. Daskaris, the district spokesperson, who told the board the district is planning the coming year “with a deficit” while also managing work from a $30,000,000 bond referendum and ongoing construction. Dr. Daskaris said the district had been informed the same day that final participation in the state’s tax levy incentive program remained pending and asked the board to approve the budget “pending the acceptance of our application opting into the tax levy incentive.”

The nut graf: board approval follows years of fluctuating state aid and local decisions to maintain programs amid reduced resources. The superintendent said the district lost $637,000 in state aid this year (after a partial 40% restoration last year) and that the two-year reduction total exceeds $1 million, placing pressure on fund balance and…