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Lakeland Schools To Hold Budget Hearing Tuesday
Voters will be going to the polls May 18 to approve a $168 million spending package for 2021-22.
SHRUB OAK, NY — The public hearing on the proposed 2021-22 budget for the Lakeland Central School District will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Walter Panas High School.
The proposed budget is $168,255,026, with a 2.15 percent increase over the 2020-21 spending package.
School officials estimate the following tax rate changes:- Yorktown: -0.8 percent
- Cortlandt: 0.3 percent
- Somers: 1.9 percent
- Putnam Valley: 0.8 percent
- Carmel: 0
- Phillipstown: -0.1
The annual budget vote will be from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 18. Polls will be at Van Cortlandtville Elementary School, 3100 East Main St., Mohegan Lake.
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