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Dutchess BOCES outlines 4.14% administrative increase and rising retiree-health costs

Wappingers Central School District Board of Education · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Dutchess County BOCES officials told the Wappingers board that its administrative budget would grow about 4.14% driven largely by retiree health and Medicare reimbursements, that total BOCES activity is roughly $125 130 million, and that Wappingers' RWADA decline slightly reduces its share of the component charge.

Representatives from Dutchess County BOCES presented their administrative budget and services overview to the Wappingers board on March 23.

Assistant Superintendent Nora Merritt and presenter Michael Skerritt said BOCES' total operations are about $125 million to $130 million and that their administrative (voteable) budget-to-budget increase is about 4.14%. Skerritt cited a 9.9% health-insurance assumption and said retiree health insurance and Medicare reimbursement together accounted for significant pressure on the…

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