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Board adopts $108.4 million budget, approves curriculum and capital purchases
Summary
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District adopted a $108,417,730 general-fund budget for 2025–26, set real-estate tax mills and approved curriculum resources, trips and a bundle of capital purchases including roof replacements and six buses. The finance vote passed 8–0.
The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District board adopted its 2025–26 general fund budget on June 16, approving total appropriations of $108,417,730 and a weighted average real-estate tax increase of 3.92%.
During the finance report, the board stated the 2025–26 real‑estate tax rates as 33.91 mills per dollar of assessed valuation in Chester County and 19.24 mills per dollar in Delaware County, and set homestead and farmstead assessed-value exclusions as amended on the record. The budget motion passed 8–0.
The meeting also covered several routine and instructional votes. The board approved a Québec trip for middle‑school French students scheduled for Jan. 15–19, 2026; ratified the 2025–26 BVA agreement with CCIU for online education services (55 students in BVA this year); and approved new high‑school online health and PE courses and a package of textbook and instructional-resource purchases for elementary through high-school programs.
Capital items bundled and approved included replacement of the high‑school roof and a roof over the Hillandale LGI, the purchase of six diesel buses to progress the district's vehicle‑replacement schedule, a robotic floor cleaner for the middle school, and Combi ovens for elementary food service. These items were included in the district's capital budget and passed unanimously.
Why it matters: The adopted budget and capital approvals set tax rates and authorize planned capital work and purchases for the coming school year. Board members encouraged residents to use the district website and BoardDocs for details on the financial analysis and noted that debt-service planning informed timing for major capital projects.
