Budget presentation outlines roughly $10 million in capital work, turf-field proposition and May budget timetable

Deputy Superintendent and school business official Mr. O'Keefe presented the board with a draft general-fund budget that the district is keeping “basically flat,” while proposing roughly $10 million in capital work and outlining a schedule that would place a facilities proposition on the May ballot.

Why it matters: The presentation set the timetable for formal budget adoption and the community vote (adoption April 22; public hearing May 12; budget vote May 20) and explained how a capital-reserve proposition to fund a turf field and related site work at North could move from voter approval to construction only after a lengthy state approval process.

Mr. O'Keefe said the district expects the tax‑levy cap calculation for next year to allow a 3.05% levy increase and described the draft budget as holding current programs and staffing intact without additions. “This is a year in which the budget is staying basically flat. There's no addition of any new programming, no addition of additional staff members,” he said.

The administration identified about $10 million in proposed capital investments for the coming year. Major items called out in the presentation included a more-than-$7 million renovation to the South…