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Colchester board warns and adopts FY26 budget; estimated tax increase modeled at about 3%
Summary
The Colchester School District board voted to warn and adopt a $64,889,466 FY26 budget under a scenario the administration modeled as a 3.01% estimated tax increase to taxpayers, while noting several state-controlled variables could change the final taxpayer impact.
The Colchester School District board voted Wednesday to notify voters and adopt a $64,889,466 budget for fiscal year 2026, the board chair announced after a presentation by district administrators.
The budget the board approved follows “scenario B,” presented by Amy (Colchester School District administrator), which includes drawing the district's first bond payment to start renovations at Porter's Point School and models a 3.01% estimated tax increase to Colchester taxpayers under current state variables. The board approved the motion without recorded roll-call names; the motion passed by voice vote.
The administration said the district's enrollment is rising, to just under 2,300 students, and that Colchester remains one of the few Vermont districts with increasing enrollment. Amy said that the Vermont Education Quality Standards set target class sizes (no more than 20 in K'3 and no more than 25 in grades 4'12) and that some…
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