Greencastle-Antrim board adopts 2025-26 budget, approves capital purchases and subscriptions

GREencastle-Antrim School District board members on May 1 approved the district's proposed 2025-26 general fund budget, a package of school purchases and routine items including a safety- and compliance-tracking subscription and a cross-enrollment memorandum of understanding for NJROTC.

The board adopted the budget that shows total revenues of $56,376,031.19 and expenditures of $56,439,084.40, and approved a 4% proposed millage increase. The board directed that the full increase, estimated to generate $1,122,570, be transferred to the capital projects fund. The proposed budget shows a $63,521 deficit that the administration said will be covered with fund balance.

Board members also approved a slate of capital purchases that were included in the budget: elementary student desks and chairs (approximately $133,000) plus art-room desks and chairs (approximately $18,000), band uniforms estimated at $35,000–$40,000 (with the district expecting the Booster Club to reimburse about half), and an advertisement and bid to replace the elementary cafeteria serving line (estimated $55,000–$62,000). The board recorded that parts for the existing cafeteria serving line are no longer available and that the new line would reduce lunch-service delays and expand serving options.

Separately, the board authorized purchase of an annual Safety & Compliance subscription from Vector Solutions at a cost of a little over $9,600. The administration said the system would centralize mandated-training tracking for certificated staff, aides and other employees and provide training content, and would help paras comply with Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) submission requirements.

The board approved routine business items including approval of minutes from meetings on April 3 and April 17, the treasurer's report for the month ending March 31, payment of invoices (general fund bills totaling a little over $3,600,000 and student activity bills of a little over $21,000), and personnel items A through H. Trustees also voted to submit the district calendar to PDE for in-service and Act 80 day exemptions and approved a Franklin County NJROTC cross-enrollment memorandum of understanding.

The meeting included a student report highlighting recent activities: an autism event, NHS induction, Spanish honor society induction, upcoming Geolympics and prom. The board noted a code-of-conduct presentation and a voting meeting scheduled for May 15.

All motions recorded in the meeting passed on roll-call votes with all seven board members voting in favor, as reflected in the meeting transcript.