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Wallkill Valley board approves tentative $17.86 million 2025–26 budget, taps reserves for shop and cafeteria upgrades
Summary
The Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board approved a tentative $17,864,579 budget for 2025–26, including a $13,349,131 general fund tax levy, use of $148,545 from surplus and withdrawals of $100,000 and $150,000 from Capital Reserve to fund shop and cafeteria upgrades. The board also approved travel and health‑care adjustments outlined in the budget hearing.
At its April 29, 2025 meeting, the Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board of Education approved a tentative 2025–26 budget totaling $17,864,579 and authorized steps to offset the tax impact on local municipalities.
The board’s tentative budget sets the general fund tax levy at $13,349,131, with other state and local revenue of $3,579,687, a Special Revenue Fund of $192,036, and debt service items totaling $493,725, according to the document the board authorized to submit to the Executive County Superintendent of Schools.
During the budget hearing, School Business Administrator and Board Secretary Joseph P. Hurley Jr. presented the figures and introduced school auditor John Mooney, who described the estimated tax impact on the district’s four sending municipalities. A member of the public, David Driefus of Hamburg, asked whether any classes would be cut; Superintendent/Principal David Carr said there would be none.
The board voted to appropriate $148,545 from surplus to help offset the tax increase and approved withdrawals from the Capital Reserve of $100,000 for shop upgrades and $150,000 for cafeteria equipment upgrades. The motion was approved by roll call vote (mover: Rober Carlson; seconder: Virginia Jones).
Also included in the board packet and discussed during the budget hearing were travel‑expense rules under N.J.A.C. 6A:23A‑1.1 et seq. The board approved language recognizing district travel expenses and authorizing up to $35,000 for staff travel reimbursements for the school year, and it approved a health care adjustment increase of $126,237 as part of the budget plan.
Votes at a glance • Tentative 2025–26 budget and submission to the Executive County Superintendent: approved (motion Carlson/Jones). • Appropriation from surplus, $148,545: approved. • Capital Reserve withdrawals — $100,000 (shop upgrades) and $150,000 (cafeteria equipment): approved.
What happens next The tentative budget will be submitted to the Executive County Superintendent of Schools for review, per state procedure; final adoption follows county review and any required public hearings or adjustments.
