STORY OPPORTUNITY PLEASE RELEASE: March 9, 2004 Scotia-Glenville BOE asks administration to cut 6% from proposed 2004-05 tax rate Administration to return to the Board of Education on Monday, March 15, with beginning of $1 million in cuts The Board of Education on Monday, March 8, asked Superintendent Michael J. Marcelle to slice 6 percent from the estimated 12.4 percent tax increase proposed in the $38.06 million preliminary budget. Marcelle plans to meet with administrators this week to hammer out some of the reductions being requested by the Board of Education. As well, District Treasurer Dorothy Nolie will attempt to firm up revenues from town assessments and state aid. In the face of proposed state aid cuts, the board cut $1 million from spending last year to bring the tax increase down to 8.8 percent. The board will hold a community forum next Monday, March 15, at 7 p.m. at the Middle School. At that time, Marcelle will review what levels of cuts would be needed to reduce the expenditure increase by $1 million. MEDIA: For more information, contact Superintendent Michael J. Marcelle or Robert Hanlon, Communications Office, at 386-4343