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Keystone Central previews 2026–27 budget, presents tax scenarios and staffing study plans
Summary
Business manager Joni McIntyre outlined a preliminary no-tax-increase budget and modeled tax-increase options (0.88%–3.5%), flagged charter tuition and health-care as major cost drivers, and said the district will pursue a staffing study and finance-committee deep dive.
Joni McIntyre, Keystone Central School District’s business manager, presented a preliminary view of the district’s 2026–27 budget and several options for revenue increases the board could consider.
McIntyre said the preliminary no-tax-increase scenario assumes current programs and that the district’s July 1, 2025 ending general-fund balance is $14,276,000, consistent with the auditors’ presentation. She described several cost pressures heading into next year: collective-bargaining wage and benefit steps (a typical 3% pattern, she said), a projected medical-insurance increase near 10%, and rising charter and…
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