East Greenbush Central School District residents passed a $95.9 million budget for the 2019-20 school year on Tuesday, as well as the bus purchase proposition that will replace eight school buses out of the Bus Purchase Reserve Fund.
District residents will vote on the proposed school budget for 2019-20 on Tuesday, May 21 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The proposed budget, which maintains all current programs and services, totals $95,925,684, an increase of 1.76% from last year.
Superintendent Jeff Simons presents information about the 2019-20 proposed budget at the Genet Elementary School PTO meeting on Monday, May 6. This is one of many public meetings hosted by the East Greenbush Central School District this spring to discuss the proposed budget.
The next Board of Education meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Howard L. Goff Middle School cafeteria. A public hearing for the proposed school budget will also be on the agenda.
Do you need an absentee ballot for the May 21 school budget vote? If so, you can pick up an application in the District Clerk’s office on school days from 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at Citizen Genet Elementary School, 29 Englewood Ave., East Greenbush, NY 12061 or download the application.
The Board of Education adopted the proposed school budget for 2019-20 at Wednesday’s public meeting in the Citizen Genet Elementary School auditorium. The proposed budget totals $95,925,684, an increase of 1.76% from last year.