School District looks for $25,000 in spending cuts
Superintendent Brian Doelger (Credit: Julie Lane)
With the new state budget passed in the wee hours of Wednesday the numbers show Shelter Island School District netting a total of $668,380.
That’s up from the $655,370 Superintendent Brian Doelger, Ed.D., had budgeted for the 2021-22 school year. That number was based on Gov.Andrew Cuomo’s budget draft.
Despite the increased aid that was cemented Tuesday between the executive draft and the drafts from the state Senate and State Assembly, the aid for the Island isn’t quite enough to cover a gap of $37,587 recorded in March. That means that to stay within the state-mandated tax cap as Mr. Doelger promised, the district will have to find $24,579 more to cut in spending.