Schools
School Budget Meeting Thursday
Administrators will discuss athletics, facilities technology, transportation and more.
Commack School District will hold its second work session regarding the 2013-14 school budget on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the High School art gallery, following a regular board of education meeting at 7 p.m.
Agenda topics include athletics, facilities, transportation, technology, spending plans and recommended changes.
The Board of Education held its first workshop last Thursday, in which an estimated $179,482,949 million budget was put forth with a 3.43 percent tax levy increase. If approved, it would result in a tax rate increase of between $325 and $335 for the average homeowner.
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The school budget meetings schedule is as follows:
March 14
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Budget Work Session Discussion: preliminary proposed budget, detailed special education, elementary, middle and high school spending plans and recommended changes
March 21
Budget Work Session Discussion: undistributed costs and revenue stream
April 4
Budget Work Session Discussion: informal public budget hearing on the overall budget, community input
April 18
Regular public meeting and budget adoption, condensed overview of entire budget, community input
May 9
Regular public meeting and budget hearing
May 21
Budget vote and Trustee election
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