North Hills School District Adopts 2023-24 Budget

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA — North Hills school directors have adopted a $96.2 million 2023-24 budget that holds the line on taxes.

The school board had approved a proposed final budget in April that included a tax increase of .18 mills. Instead, the millage rate for the coming year will remain at 19.7.

The district will use $1.1 million, or approximately 38 percent, in COVID-19 relief money with the remaining COVID money - approximately 23 percent - is slated to be used in the 224-25 budget.

"It’s not always possible, but this year, we are pleased to [have] a budget with no tax increase," Board President Alison Mathis said in a district news release. "This is particularly important to our community in a time when we have all faced rising costs and expenses."

The budget includes the addition of a high school learning support teacher needed due to increased enrollment in the special education population, and additional first- and fifth-grade teachers at McIntyre Elementary because additional sections were needed for the rising first and fifth grade classes.

The final budget also includes an interim assistant principal for West View Elementary School while the school is under construction. Mathis said the position is not permanent but it will allow the board and the administration to evaluate the need for elementary assistant principals.

“As we’ve discussed, personnel position additions are made cautiously as they have long term implications," she said. "There were several personnel additions the administration looked at this year, however there was not sufficient justification for adding these positions.”