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Harrison Central outlines budget challenges as enrollment and housing growth push staffing, construction plans
Summary
At its Feb. 12 meeting the Harrison Central School District presented a first look at the 2025–26 budget, citing surprising enrollment growth, projected new housing, capital work (including a Purchase School addition and Parsons renovation), and a narrow margin under the state tax levy cap.
The Harrison Central School District presented its first budget preview for 2025–26 at the Feb. 12 board meeting, emphasizing unexpected enrollment growth, capital projects tied to a recent bond program, and budget pressures from inflation and special-education costs.
Superintendent Dr. Woll and district finance staff told the board the district’s demographers reported stronger growth than expected and that town planning projections show as many as 2,231 new housing units by 2029 across multiple projects—particularly concentrated in the Purchase attendance zone. “I can tell you I’ve looked at the preliminary results of our new demographic study, and it is shocking,” Woll said, adding that growth requires additional classroom…
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