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Wappingers superintendent unveils recommended 2025-26 budget with 1.4% levy proposal, $12 million fund-balance use
Summary
Superintendent presented Recommended Budget No. 1 on March 10, proposing a tax-levy increase of 1.4%, expanded special-education staffing and programs, continued investment in career-technical education, and a $12 million draw from fund balance to keep the levy under the state tax cap.
Good evening. Superintendent Dr. Bock presented the Wappingers Central School District’s Recommended Budget No. 1 on March 10, outlining priorities for the 2025–26 school year and proposing a tax-levy increase of 1.4% while using $12 million of district fund balance to mitigate the levy impact.
The superintendent said the recommended levy “comes in no higher than 1.4%,” and emphasized the district’s aim to remain under the state tax-cap for the fourth consecutive year. He framed the budget around maintaining current programs, expanding special-education services and language-based supports, and investing in career-technical education such as the district’s P-TECH partnership with Dutchess Community College.
Why it matters: the recommended budget combines operating priorities with one-time fund-balance spending to limit the immediate tax impact, while proposing program and staffing changes that respond to shifting student…
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