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Board reviews high‑school budget proposals; social‑studies furniture and new courses highlighted
Summary
Administrators presented the high‑school portion of the 2025–26 budget calendar, proposing new classroom and theater technology, furniture replacements focused on social studies, co‑curricular travel funds, and new course supplies.
The Eastport‑South Manor Board of Education heard the high‑school budget presentation for the 2025–26 school year at its Feb. 12 meeting, with administrators outlining proposed investments in classroom technology, furniture replacement and co‑curricular programming.
The district's high‑school budget segment covered a budget calendar leading to an annual budget vote on May 20 and noted that elementary‑school budget presentations will follow in three weeks. Proposed spending highlights included a backdrop projector for theater productions, replacement whiteboards to support a “thinking classroom” initiative, supplies for a planned fashion‑marketing course, travel and entry fees for mock‑trial and Math Olympiad competitions, and a new drum set for the music department.
Administrators said the largest single‑item costs in the department budgets are furniture replacements. The district plans to continue phased furniture upgrades: English and math classrooms have been replaced in prior years, and social‑studies classrooms are next in line, followed by language and science classrooms. Some furniture needs for new or renovated specialty classrooms (for example, art and STEM rooms) will be covered through capital‑project allocations when those projects are completed.
The presentation emphasized co‑curricular funding for field trips, competition fees and transportation. Administrators told the board they will continue to prioritize core classroom needs while embedding some ancillary classroom furniture replacements into capital work where feasible.
Trustees asked how many classrooms remain to be replaced; presenters said social‑studies and some world‑language and science rooms remain and that the total number of remaining room replacements will decline as capital projects deliver new or renovated specialty spaces.
