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Carmel Central School District presents proposed 2025–26 budget that would lower tax levy by 0.1%; budget vote set for May 19
Summary
Superintendent and finance staff presented a proposed $2025–26 budget that would reduce the district tax levy by 0.1% (about $102,150), use roughly $3.9 million in reserves and show a 3.7% overall increase; board members pressed administration on counselor caseloads, special‑education FTE coding and contingency lines.
At the April 14 meeting of the Carmel Central School District Board of Education, Assistant Superintendent Ken Silver and Superintendent Plotkin reviewed a proposed 2025–26 budget that would lower the tax levy by 0.1 percent and draw roughly $3.9 million from reserves to support operations.
Silver told the board the proposal reduces the tax levy by about $102,150 and lowers the budget increase from 3.9 percent to 3.7 percent after recent adjustments. He cited reserve planning and investment income gains, along with state aid increases, as enabling the modest tax‑rate reduction while preserving programming.
The presentation outlined several line‑item changes: removal of a $97,000…
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