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Wissahickon finance chair flags $1.4M shortfall, eyes grants and tax flexibility

Wissahickon School District Board of Directors · February 24, 2026
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Finance chair reported a roughly $1.4 million gap on $139 million in estimated revenues and said the district has applied for a special‑education exception under Act 1 to allow up to a 5.1% tax increase; the administration also described grant applications (Stony Creek roof $1.5M; Lower Gwynedd renovations $4M) and other items to be voted next week.

The finance committee told the board that the district’s revenues (about $139 million) are roughly $1.4 million short of estimated expenses for the coming year and that the administration has applied for a special‑education exception under Pennsylvania’s Act 1 to allow flexibility up to a 5.1% tax increase.

Finance chair reported the committee’s…

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