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Berwick Area SD presents 2025–26 budget; board hears modest median tax‑payer impact
Summary
District staff presented a proposed 2025–26 budget described as "a very solid budget," citing a 2.58% increase over last year and an estimated $30 median homeowner increase; several numeric figures read aloud in the meeting appear inconsistent and were not corrected in the transcript.
District staff presented the proposed fiscal‑year 2025–26 budget and described it as "a very solid budget," emphasizing conservative cost estimates and centralizing curriculum and professional‑development purchases under the curriculum department.
The presenter (identified in the meeting as Christine) said the budget represents a 2.58% increase over last year and that a preliminary tax increase of about 3% was reduced to roughly 2.5%. She said, based on median assessed values, Columbia County taxpayers would see an increase of about $30 and Luzerne County taxpayers about $30 as…
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