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Keystone Central School Board approves final general fund budget after hours-long debate over tax increase
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about spending, cyber charter costs and monthly budget oversight, the Keystone Central School Board approved the final general fund budget, voting 5–3 to pass the measure that includes a tax increase.
The Keystone Central School Board approved its final general fund budget for 2025–26 after a prolonged discussion about spending priorities and whether to raise local taxes.
The board voted 5–3 to adopt the budget. Board members who voted in favor included Miss Smith, Mister Elling, Mister Johnston, Mister Naugh and Miss Dunnehy; Doctor Baldino, Miss Lynch and Mister Scaff voted no.
The vote followed heated comments from multiple board members. Butch Cannon, a board member, said the district faces unavoidable cost pressures and warned that failing to act could leave the district “run by the state,” arguing that prior boards’ decisions not to raise taxes had reduced…
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