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Superintendent: county tax‑cap error cost Morris Central about $25,000

Morris Central School Board of Education · July 13, 2026
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Summary

Superintendent Jamie Maistros told the board that county tax bills used the wrong tax cap for 2025–26, producing an unrecoverable shortfall of about $25,000; the county is investigating and has implemented new procedures to prevent recurrence.

Superintendent Jamie Maistros told the Morris Central School Board that the county issued tax bills using the wrong Tax Cap for the 2025–2026 school year, creating an unrecoverable loss for the district.

"We lost about $25,000," Maistros said, and the district cannot go back and collect the additional amount. She said the county is looking into the error and has put new procedures in place to prevent a recurrence.