With East Hampton area schools opening a week later than usual this year, teachers and administrators have a little more time to get their school buildings, classes and curriculum ready... more
SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET PROPOSAL Proposed Budget: $38,411,791 Spending Increase: 1.58 percent, or $597,477 Proposed Tax Levy: $35,120,530 Tax Levy Increase: 3.6 percent, or $1,220,042 Piercing Tax Cap?: No
14 May 2025 by Staff Writer
Amagansett School District Budget Proposal Proposed Budget: $14,048,403 Spending Increase: $608,138, or 4.52 percent Proposed Tax Levy: $12,343,346 Tax Levy Increase: $512,891, or 4.01 percent Piercing Tax Cap?: No Projected Tax Rate: $383 per $1,000 of assessed value Tax Rate Change: $14.50 per $1,000 of assessed value
13 May 2025 by Staff Writer
Amagansett residents will be able to weigh in on approving the Amagansett School’s $14,048,403 budget at a vote on Tuesday, May 20. The expenditure is an increase of $608,138 — or 4.52 percent — from the previous year. The tax rate will increase by $14.5 per $1,000 assessed value, if passed. Outside the budget vote, Amagansett voters will be able to decide on three propositions. The first would approve a renewed tuition agreement with East Hampton School District, which would run until 2030. The next would allow the district to purchase a new school bus for $162,887 from the capital ...
by Jack Motz
Up for vote Tuesday is approval of an $88,140,847 East Hampton School District budget for the 2025-26 school year. The spending plan is a 6.34 percent, or $5,254,855, increase from this year’s budget, and carries a tax cap-compliant $65,677,860 tax levy, which is a 5.34 percent, or $3,331,386, increase over the current spending plan’s levy. While the increase in the budget may seem large, Assistant Superintendent for Business Sam Schneider explained last week that part of that jump is due to a $1,642,500 transfer to other funds to pay for new boilers at John M. Marshall Elementary School, which date ...
by Desirée Keegan