Vote on Fallsburg school budget, board

Posted 8/21/12

SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY — The polls will be open for a vote on the 2015-2016 Fallsburg Central School District budget on May 19, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the high school library. During the past …

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Vote on Fallsburg school budget, board

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SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY — The polls will be open for a vote on the 2015-2016 Fallsburg Central School District budget on May 19, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the high school library. During the past week residents received a copy of the school district budget, with details for their review, as part of a district-wide mailing with the April/May Fallsburg Comet Newsletter. Details of the proposed budget can be found on the school website, www.fallsburgcsd.net.

In the newsletter, Superintendent Dr. Ivan Katz emphasized that the efforts of the board of education and the central administration were to balance what the school children need with what the taxpayers can afford. The main objective of the budget season was to minimize the impact on the tax levy by remaining under the allowable tax cap. Katz believes that the board accomplished the goal with the 2015-2016 budget.

The budget amount is $40,373,237. The increase from last year is 4.13% ($1,600,926). The final number was reached with no personnel or program cuts. This year’s budget includes a number of new instructional positions that are in response to new mandates from the New York State Education Department. The tax levy increase implied in the new budget is a 1.5% ($278,775) increase over the previous tax levy.

There are also three seats on the school board for three-year terms. Shawn Wiles is running unopposed; Valerie Sitz-Mahmoud and Michael Weiner are candidates for the seat currently held by Valerie Sitz-Mahmoud; and Jennifer Reinhardt and Sonia O. Wardare candidates for the seat currently held by Sonia O. Ward.

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