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Suffern board reviews budget workshop with two tax-levy options; transportation, BOCES and Regeneron discussed
Summary
At a March 3 meeting the Suffern Central School District heard a detailed budget workshop outlining two tax-levy scenarios (4.05% and 3.48%), with officials citing transportation, BOCES costs and uncertain state aid as primary drivers and noting Regeneron will move onto the tax rolls once assessed.
The Suffern Central School District Board of Education spent its March 3 meeting on a second budget presentation that laid out projected revenues and expenses and two tax-levy options for 2026–27.
Dr. Castellane, who led the presentation, said projected revenues are roughly $176 million and projected expenses approach $177 million, and he presented two levy scenarios: a 4.05% option that includes a $700,000 transfer to a capital reserve and a lower 3.48% option that removes that transfer. "If we end up with an extra million dollars, what we do is we look to use that for our fund balance," he said, adding that the district is constrained by voter‑directed limits on how surplus dollars may be used.
The superintendent and Dr. Castellane…
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