Harrison School District Budget Vote May 18

HARRISON, NY — The final public hearing on the proposed 2021-22 budget for the Harrison School District was held at the Louis M. Klein Middle School on May 5, at 8:15 p.m. The meeting will be available for viewing here.

The meeting detailed the spending plan for the upcoming school year. The proposed budget is $125,558,025 with a 1.73 percent increase over the 2020-21 spending package.

School officials said the tax levy will increase by 1.89 percent if the budget is approved by voters later this month.

The spending plan calls for maintaining the current class size target of 22 students, the implementation of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program and the development of summer school programs to address learning gaps.

More details on the spending plan can be found here.

The school board says it will also use the money to tackle a number of building improvement projects, including parking lot resurfacing and classroom renovations. The district has also outlined plans to expand the use of security cameras on school property.

The annual budget vote and board election will be from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 18 at voters' assigned elementary schools.

An earlier version of this article incorrectly listed the date of the final public budget meeting as 5/7/01.