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Pleasantville school board adopts trimmed 2026-27 budget, cuts reduced to 29 positions
Summary
The Pleasantville Board of Education voted May 5 to adopt "Option B" of the 2026-27 budget, holding the tax levy to a 2% increase while cutting the number of proposed staff reductions from about 52 to 29 and reducing the district's requested healthcare adjustment by half.
The Pleasantville Board of Education on May 5 voted to approve its 2026-27 budget under "Option B," a plan that keeps a 2% tax levy while reducing proposed staffing cuts and splitting a healthcare-cost adjustment so it is smaller than the original proposal.
Acting Superintendent Dr. Felicia Jaime Medley and Business Administrator Dale White presented the budget at a public hearing and explained the district faced an approximate $23 million gap between planned spending and expected revenue. White told the board the district's total state aid for 2026-27 is approximately $97.37 million and the proposed revenue mix (including a tax levy and federal grants) produced a working budget of about $123.28 million.
"The reduction journey consisted of additional healthcare and…
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