On Tuesday, May 20, Middleburgh Central School District residents approved a $25,100,000 budget for the 2025-26 school year by a margin of 67.6% in favor to 32.4% opposed. The tally includes absentee ballots. The budget increases spending by 0.80%, or $200,000 from the current year, and includes a tax levy increase of $156,144 or 1.50%. Since the tax levy increase (the total amount of money to be raised through property taxes) is less than the district’s maximum allowable levy limit of 2.29%, the proposed budget needed only a simple majority vote to be approved.
Basil Wesley Andrew and Vicki Hoerz are elected to a three-year seat on the Middleburgh Board of Education.
Additional Propositions
Middleburgh residents have approved a proposition for the purchase of two 65-passenger diesel buses with luggage compartments and one 30-passenger wheelchair-accessible bus, not to exceed $484,000.
Voters approved the proposal of a transfer, not to exceed $600,000, to the Repair Reserve Fund to cover any one-time unanticipated repair expenditures for the upcoming year.
Voters approved the $8.1 million capital project that will utilize state grants and $2 million from our Capital Reserve Fund to pay for over a dozen facilities repairs and improvements.
“We are grateful to the Middleburgh community for their continued support of our schools and students. Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote and help ensure a strong future for our district,” said Superintendent Mark Place.