Hartford school budget ready for voters
Modified: 1/15/2021 9:49:23 PM
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION Hartford School Board members are sending a proposed $41 million budget to voters at Town Meeting but say the spending plan for the 2021-22 school year was complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the student population and housing prices in town.
As a result, school officials are also putting off roofing projects at two schools.
“We had to make some real changes,” Hartford School District Director of Finance Jim Vezina said at a virtual School Board meeting Wednesday where the budget was unanimously approved.
The proposal is roughly a $344,000 increase from the current year’s budget and reflects a 2.9 cent per $100 of valuation increase on the tax rate, to roughly $1.72. That translates to a $73 increase on a $250,000 home for homeowners not eligible for Vermont’s income sensitivity program.