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Katonah-Lewisboro board reviews instructional budget, recommends 3 FTE additions and cuts contingency slots; parent raises safety concerns
Summary
Administrators presented the instructional side of the 2025–26 budget, proposing two elementary sections and one middle-school FTE, a reduction in contingency positions from four to three, and noted an $850,000 state-aid shortfall. During public comment a parent urged more visible security and bus-monitoring expenditures.
The Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District Board of Education reviewed the instructional side of the 2025–26 budget in a workshop meeting, with administrators outlining curriculum investments, enrollment projections and staffing recommendations.
Administrators told the board they are proposing two additional elementary sections—one at Katonah Elementary and one at Increase Miller—and a 1.0 full-time-equivalent to support eighth-grade teams at John Dean Middle School. The presentation also recommended reducing the number of contingency positions from four to three and monitoring 3–5 nonclassroom reductions through attrition before any final staffing decisions are made.
"We try to keep our non-salary budgets relatively flat while directing resources into textbooks and instructional materials," said Lisa (Speaker 6), an administration presenter who led the instructional overview. She highlighted professional learning investments—PLC training, consultants and partnerships with BOCES—and the district's move to purchase decodable texts, Amplify Science materials and math…
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