ECS budget, bus purchases, board seat, go before voters

By DAVID HULSE

ELDRED — Following its approval for the ballot at a Monday, May 7, public hearing, an $8.92-million Eldred Central School budget for 2001-02 will go before the voters on May 15.

The budget incorporates a 4.25-percent increase in spending, largely related to the addition of a new K-12 counselors position and a new elementary school teachers aide position.

Still lacking crucial state aid figures, the district is conservatively estimating a 4.73-percent increase in a tax levy, now estimated at $5.86 million.

A second proposition calls for $180,000 to fund the purchase of three replacement buses over the next two years.

Incumbent board of education member Marsha Hunter is seeking re-election and is opposed by Eldred resident and school activist Elaine Kuhn.

The polls at the Eldred campus will be open from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. for the Tuesday voting.