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Brighton budget outlook flags rising costs; board to ask voters Dec. 4 about $3 million for Council Rock project
Summary
District finance staff presented a budget outlook Nov. 5 showing stable enrollment but rising student needs and inflationary pressures. The presentation said the district will ask voters on Dec. 4 to approve withdrawing $3,000,000 from reserves for the Council Rock project; exact state aid outcomes remain uncertain.
At the Brighton Central School District Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 5, district finance staff outlined an early-year budget outlook that highlighted steady enrollment but growing student needs and inflation-driven cost pressures, and said the district will ask voters on Dec. 4 to approve a $3 million withdrawal from reserves for a Council Rock capital project.
Lou Alaimo, the district budget presenter, told the board that although overall enrollment has stabilized since the pandemic, indicators such as the percentage eligible for free and reduced-price meals (around 25 percent) and the district’s…
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