Schools
East Meadow BOE Holds 2013-14 Budget Presentation
The district welcomed parents to ask questions and voice concerns over the proposed budget.
The East Meadow Board of Education held a formal 2013-14 school budget presentation for parents this week.
The proposed budget is $188,239,972, a 1.83 percent increase over the 2012-13 budget. The amount of money collected from taxpayers would be a 2.49 increase of $131 million.
Superintendent Louis DeAngelo said that no co-curricular programs will be cut, class sizes will remain the same and there will be no layoffs in the proposed budget.
He said that the 2.49 percent increase to taxpayers is due to 16.25 percent of $80 million that has to be out into the New York State Teacher's Retirement System. The district was allowed a 5.24 percent increase.
"We are well under the maximum allowable cap and we are still able to curtail costs," DeAngelo said.
He said that he believes that the district is in a good position.
"I think we are fortunate," he said. "We kept everything in tact with no cuts. "Districts that had higher numbers had to make significant cuts."
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