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Board reviews preliminary budget: $2,500 certified raises, $2/hour for classified, district weighing free lunch expansion
Summary
At a May work session Albany County School District #1 staff reviewed a preliminary budget that proposes $2,500 raises for certified and professional staff, $2/hour raises for classified staff, coverage of a projected 5% health‑insurance increase, expanded funding for an 'extensions' team, and a districtwide free‑lunch option estimated to cost an
District finance staff reviewed a preliminary 2025–26 budget proposal with the Albany County School District #1 board at the May work session, laying out proposed pay increases, program allocations and a cost estimate for a districtwide free‑meal option.
A district finance presenter identified the budget’s principal components: a $2,500 raise for certified and professional staff across the salary schedules; a $2‑per‑hour raise for classified staff; funding to cover a projected 5% health‑insurance increase; money for an expanded “extensions” (expanded learning) team; allocations for summer school, vehicle and technology replacement; and full funding of the SRO (school resource officer) contract at $175,000. The presenter said those elements were part of a package that also included a roughly $1…
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