Board reviews preliminary proposed budget

Superintendent Susan Swartz presented a preliminary proposed 2023-24 budget to the Board of Education. The total carry-forward budget is $63,198,425, an increase of $2,923,476, or 4.85%. This figure reflects what it will cost to maintain current programs and services in the 2023-24 school year. Items that may impact this number include contractual costs, salaries, benefits, …

NEW: Board meetings to be livestreamed

Dear Scotia-Glenville Families, This school year, the district will be offering virtual access to our Board of Education meetings. Starting Monday, September 12 at 7:00 PM, you can attend in person at the middle school or watch through our YouTube channel. Please note, the livestream will not appear until the meeting starts. After the meeting, …

Board of Education adopts 2022-23 budget; keeps tax levy below the state cap

The Board of Education on Monday night unanimously adopted a proposed 2022-23 school budget of $60.275 million, which includes a tax levy increase of 1.61%, slightly less than the state tax levy limit. The proposed budget is $1.15 million more than the 2021-22 budget, representing a year-to-year spending increase of 1.9%. Over the past two …

SG looking to other districts to share staff and reduce the budget

Superintendent Susan Swartz told the Board of Education on Monday that Scotia-Glenville, as a way of dealing with declining secondary enrollment, is looking into sharing classes with other school districts over the Distance Learning Network. “We have talked to Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake but we are talking to other school districts as well,” Swartz said, noting …

Budget review begins; tax cap higher than expected

Because a business is no longer on a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program for its annual tax bill, Scotia-Glenville will be able to adopt a budget that calls for a slightly higher tax levy than previously thought. Business Administrator Andrew Giaquinto told the Board of Education on Monday night that this news gives …

Board of Education agrees to exceed state tax levy cap; could change mind as budget process evolves

Facing a more than $1 million shortfall at this early stage of budget development, the Board of Education on Monday voted 5-2 to exceed the school district’s state tax levy cap, which allows for a 1.27% increase in the 2022-23 school year. However, this motion was in order to file a report with the state …

Superintendent presents carry-forward budget for the 2022-23 school year; BOE to decide on overriding tax cap on February 28

Superintendent Susan Swartz on Monday night (February 14) presented a carry-forward budget that totals $61.36 million for the 2022-23 school year, an increase of $2.23 million over the current year’s budget of $59.12 million. a 3.78% increase. However, $397,000 of that figure includes funding from the federal CARES Act II. Without the CARES Act funding, …

Thank You, Scotia-Glenville!

Thank you, Scotia-Glenville! The $59.1 million 2021-22 S-G school budget was approved today by a vote of 741 to 203, a margin of 78.5% to 21.5%. The $493,000 bus purchase proposal was approved by a vote of 740-204, a margin of 78.4 to 21.6% The $12.8 million capital project was approved by a vote of …

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