Briarcliff Manor Proposes Increased School Budget

The Briacliff Manor Union Free School District has proposed a budget for the 2016-17 school year that totals $50,335,869.

This figure is a percent budget increase of 0.68 percent over the 2015-16 school budget.

The budget results in an 0.90 percent tax levy increase, which complies with the New York State allowable tax levy increase of 0.92 percent.

The budget will fund:

• The reduction of class size at Todd School and the Middle School.
• Support increased ELA time in fifth grade
• Increase math and ELA instructional time in the MIddle School
• Enhance the computer science strand at the Middle and High Schools
• Enhance the engineering strand at the High School.
  

District enrollment has fallen from 1606 students during the 2011-12 school year to a projected 1448 in the 2016-17 school year.

Residents can vote from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 17 at the Todd School K-2 cafeteria.