Kings Park board adopts $84.46 million tax levy; approves AIS plan, donations, grant and 22 IEPs
Summary
The Kings Park Central School District board on Oct. 21 adopted a $84,463,413 tax levy for 2025–26 and approved routine items including the 2025–26 Academic Intervention Services plan, acceptance of donations totaling $7,058.41, a $3,500 Whole Kids garden grant, addition of new vendors, and approval of 22 IEPs.
The Kings Park Central School District Board of Education on Oct. 21 adopted the districttax levy for the 2025—26 school year and approved a slate of routine fiscal and programmatic actions.
Mrs. Meehan, the district business official, introduced the tax-levy resolution, saying it implements the budget residents approved in May and will be forwarded to the Town of Smithtown. "This resolution officially sets the tax levy as included in the budget voted on this past May by the district's residents," she said. The town assessor provided a new assessed valuation of $47,935,520; the board resolved to set the 2025–26 tax levy at $84,463,413.
The board also approved the district's Academic Intervention Services (AIS) plan for 2025–26 after Dr. Moreno said the MTSS committee had updated the plan to reflect current multi-tiered supports. "Itis all ready for the board's approval," Dr. Moreno said.
Routine approvals included accepting donations and adding vendors to the approved district vendor list. The board accepted an outdoor café refrigerator from the Kings Park Athletic Boosters Association valued at $4,663.93; 27 used Dell computers donated by the New York State Courts (Hempstead) for the district IT department; a television (approximate value $750) from the RJO parent organization for RJO Intermediate School; and 20—30 reams of paper from Maria McGuire (value not specified). The meeting record gives the total valuation of donations to date for 2025—26 as $7,058.41.
Mrs. Meehan also announced that Miss Cusich at William T. Rogers Middle School applied for and received a Whole Kids garden grant for $3,500 to be allocated to the middle school's home and careers department; the board voted to accept the grant.
Dr. Culver presented minutes and recommendations from Committee on Special Education meetings held Aug. 25—Oct. 14; the board approved 22 individualized education programs (IEPs) covering that period.
Where the transcript records voice votes the board approved motions by voice; individual roll-call tallies were not provided in the meeting record.
What happens next: The tax levy will be submitted to the Town of Smithtown as part of the local tax-schedule process; the district will implement the approved AIS plan and allocate the accepted grant funds to William T. Rogers Middle School as stated at the meeting.
