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Superintendent presents budget assumptions as district braces for inflation, staffing and student‑need pressures
Summary
Superintendent Don Keegan told the North Syracuse Central School District board that 12‑month inflation is about 2.7% while the state tax‑levy cap is 2%, leaving the district to absorb roughly 0.7% of inflation. He reviewed enrollment, special‑needs and reserve figures and outlined a budget calendar through the May vote.
Superintendent Don Keegan told the North Syracuse Central School District board that inflation and rising personnel costs will be central to next year’s budget planning. “Inflation for the last 12 months is about 2.7%,” Keegan said, and because the district is constrained by a 2% tax‑levy cap, “we're going to absorb another point 7% of inflation that we can't pass on in the tax levy.”
Keegan said enrollment has stabilized modestly — the district has about 40 more students than in June 2023 — but that needs among students have increased. He gave the district’s current figures: 46.1% of students eligible for free or…
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