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Superintendent: no layoffs in FY2025–26 budget; district adds unified PE and new girls extracurriculars
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Duka said the proposed FY2025–26 budget avoids layoffs, absorbs positions through retirements and adds several extracurriculars including unified PE at the high school and unified bocce. Extended school year (ESY) will be run in district facilities this summer after BOCES capacity issues.
The Ballston Spa Central School District superintendent, Dr. Duka, told the Board of Education May 7 that the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget does not include layoffs and that program offerings will be maintained and in some cases expanded.
Dr. Duka said the district used a retirement incentive negotiated with the teachers’ bargaining unit last year to reduce the budget gap and that the district is “not looking at any layoffs” for the coming year, a point she emphasized when summarizing staffing decisions.
Nut graf: District leaders said they absorbed a number of positions through retirements, will replace some retirees selectively,…
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