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Syosset presents 2025–26 budget proposal with 2.77% tax levy; public and PTA voice mixed reactions
Summary
Syosset Central School District presented a $10 million increase budget for 2025–26 that preserves programs, forecasts enrollment-driven costs and proposes a 2.77% tax levy under the state cap; PTA units endorsed the proposal while a public commenter urged elected help with rising taxes.
Syosset Central School District officials presented the district's 2025'26 budget at a state-required public hearing, outlining a 3.53% overall budget increase and a proposed tax levy of 2.77% that the district says is about $67,000 under the state tax cap.
The presentation, delivered by Dr. Bridal, associate superintendent for business, said the plan supports about 7,200 students across 10 schools and seeks to preserve academic, extracurricular and social-emotional programs while addressing rising costs in transportation, health insurance and contract inflation. "We are again presenting a budget for 2025'26 that preserves all of our program while coming in with a tax levy that is below the cap," Dr. Bridal said.
The budget documents presented to the board show roughly $10 million in total budget…
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