Last week, Roger Hannigan Gilson reported in the Times Union that the proposed 2026-2027 budget for the Hudson City School District has gone from $61.4 million to $63.1 million. (The budget for the current school year is $58.5 million.) The following is quoted from Gilson's article:
Even if the school board were to approve a budget that would raise taxes by the maximum allowable amount this year--5.8 percent--and spend the maximum allowable amount of the unassigned fund balance, the district would be $2.58 million short, or more than 4% of the total proposed budget of $63.1 million.
Mark DePace, president of the Board of Education, asked the district to prepare plans for cutting $2.5 to $4.5 million from the proposed budget. The results of that effort are expected to be reported at the BOE meeting next Tuesday, April 14. On that day, the Policy Committee will meet from 5:00 to 5:50 p.m. The Community Budget Workshop will begin at 6:00 p.m. Apparently, not a lot of people are expected to show up since the meeting is set to take place in the high school library.
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Let's make sure this is not the distraction it could be: all budget fights, nothing said about the expensive superintendent hunt, plunging enrollment, and literacy free-fall.
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DeleteIt is inspiring to see Al-Shabaab finally adopt the agile budget methodology, even after everything broke down.
ReplyDeleteA collaborative ransom workshop with you hostages is certainly a bold pivot from their usual operational model.
Asking hostages to brainstorm their own market valuation when they have no legal leverage or escape is quite something.
Look forward to reviewing the slide deck and having no option but to pay the taxes that could otherwise guarantee food, shelter and education to 5x more youth who are actually disadvantaged.
Another Hudson Handicap.
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ReplyDeleteThere is never enough seating in the library. Sends a strong message.