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Maywood Board adopts 2025–26 budget and sets $3,725,292 final tax request
Summary
The Maywood Board of Education on Sept. 8 approved the 2025–2026 school budget and set a final tax request of $3,725,292 (levy 0.825332). Both motions passed unanimously (Yea: 6, No: 0). The board also reaffirmed a Title I parent engagement policy.
The Maywood Board of Education voted unanimously on Sept. 8 to adopt the district’s 2025–2026 budget and to set a final tax request of $3,725,292 with a levy of 0.825332.
Board member Marty Schurr moved to approve the 2025–2026 Maywood School budget; Jason Johnson seconded the motion. The motion passed Yea: 6, No: 0. Later in the meeting, Darren Sellers moved and Sheri Hartley seconded a separate motion to set the district’s final tax request at $3,725,292.00 and a levy of 0.825332; that motion also passed Yea: 6, No: 0.
The budget and the tax request were handled as formal board motions and recorded votes. The transcript does not list individual roll-call votes by member name beyond the recorded tally (Yea: 6, No: 0). The motions included no amendments recorded in the minutes.
The board also reaffirmed Policy 5057 (District Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy on the School–Parent Compact) by motion of Marty Schurr, seconded by Thom Worth, with a unanimous vote (Yea: 6, No: 0).
What happens next: the board set the next regular meeting for Oct. 13, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Library. Any required filings associated with the budget or the tax request were not detailed in the minutes and are listed as not specified in the board record provided.
Votes at a glance: Consent agenda and claims approval — Yea: 6, No: 0; Budget adoption — Yea: 6, No: 0; Final tax request set — Yea: 6, No: 0; Policy 5057 reaffirmation — Yea: 6, No: 0; Adjournment — Yea: 6, No: 0.
