Thursday, March 12, 2026

Fifteen Years and $20 Million Later

The Hudson City School District is at the beginning of its budget process. The staggering $61,449,000 budget proposed for 2026-2027, with a 10 percent increase in the tax levy, may not be the budget we are asked to vote on in May, but then again it may be. 

The predicted 10 percent increase in the tax levy and calls in the comments on last night's post to reject the budget reminded me of 2011, when HCSD voters rejected a $41 million budget and a 9.8 percent increase in the tax levy. Below are the links to Gossips posts from that time, so you can recall those thrilling days when, for the only time in Gossips' memory, the people told HCSD no. 

May 24, 2011  Not to Be Missed
May 26, 2011  HCSD Budget
May 27, 2011  The Talk Continues
May 31, 2011  Unbelievable

The links to Register-Star articles and to documents on the HCSD website no longer work, but the links to Lynn Sloneker's excellent blog Unmuffled do.
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