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Mineola board reviews $114.4M budget, backs $3.3M HS projects and a new $20M capital reserve for voters
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Will Herman presented a $114,419,374 proposed budget (1.98% increase) that includes a finalized salary projection of 1.61%, a proposed boost to school security staffing, and two ballot propositions: $3.3 million in high-school capital work and a new $20 million capital reserve; the board set the budget hearing for May 7 and the vote for May 19.
Assistant Superintendent and business official Will Herman presented the Mineola Union Free School District pos;s proposed 2026-27 budget on March 26, outlining a $114,419,374 total budget — about a 1.98% increase year over year — and asking the board to place two capital-related propositions on the May ballot. "Appropriated fund balance is the district pos;s fund balance or accumulated savings that we can use to balance next year," Herman said during the presentation, describing how the district might use reserves to smooth revenue fluctuations.
Herman told the board that the district pos;s final salary projection is 1.61%, a roughly $6.36 million change from an earlier estimate, and that salaries and benefits together remain the largest budget component (about 78.6% of the total). He highlighted non-personnel changes…
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