Hats off to the William Floyd School officials who have done what few districts have accomplished: submitting a budget to voters that not just stays within the state-mandated tax cap, but reduces the levy by 17 percent.
At a time when taxpayer-supported institutions are struggling in the aftermath of the COVID crisis and inflation we haven’t seen in generations, the school board and administrative staff stepped up and gave the taxpayers a break.
They’ve put forth a spending plan that doesn’t cut programs for our students, yet cuts taxes on the average home in the district by $1,055. This is the second reduction in two years after a tax freeze the year before that. The budget, which will be subject to a community vote May 16, is the twelfth in a row that stays at or below the tax cap.
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