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South Orangetown presents $116.7M preliminary budget, sets May 19 vote; tax‑cap scenario aims at 1.85% levy
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Natalie Espinal presented a balanced preliminary 2026–27 budget totaling $116,688,270 (1.21% increase) that models a $1.5M transfer to capital and a taxable‑levy scenario of 1.85%; the board set April 14 to adopt and May 19 for the public vote.
Assistant Superintendent for Business Natalie Espinal presented the district’s preliminary 2026–27 budget, describing revenue and expenditure estimates, enrollment projections and tax‑cap calculations ahead of the board’s planned April adoption and the May 19 budget vote.
Espinal said demographers project a small enrollment decline (roughly 10 students to about 2,759) and summarized three funding layers: federal (Title, IDEA and other grants), state (foundation and categorical…
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