The Yorktown Central School District will hold the 2013-2014 proposed budget and trustee vote on Tuesday, May 21 at Mohansic Elementary School from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
"It's important to be able to demonstrate your interest in the community and this is one of the ways that citizens have the ability to influence events," said , Assistant Superintendent of Business Tom Cole, who urged voters to support the school budget.
Yorktown school board members adopted a $93,592,000 spending plan for the 2013-2014 school year earlier this month. The originally proposed tax rate increase of 2.52 percent will now drop down to 2.17 percent in Yorktown after school district officials announced the district has received an additional $878,000 from the state.
The $93.6 million budget, approved by the board, represents a 1.97 percent increase from this year’s budget. The tax levy, the portion of the budget funded by property taxes, is a 2.15 percent increase over last year's tax levy. The allowable tax cap is 3.74 percent.
Since receiving the additional state aid money, school district administrators said they are giving $353,000 back to taxpayers to reduce the tax rate.
For the 2013-2014 school year, said class size guidelines will remain constant and staff reductions will be consistent with enrollment decline. School athletic program, clubs and organizations will remain intact, as will the music program on all levels.
There are three, three-year trustee positions on the ballot. The candidates for the three positions are incumbents Karen Corrado, Peter Bisaccia and Thomas Donatelli. They are facing no opposition.
For more information on the budget, including the complete line item budget, visit the district's website.
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