PLEASE NOTE: The schedule (dates and locations) for the remaining 2023-24 Budget Meetings has changed. This information was updated 3-27-23 to reflect those changes.
Monday, April 3: 7 p.m. at Shaker Middle School Auditorium.
Topics: Staffing, Anticipated Building Enrollment, and New Programs and Initiatives
Wednesday, April 5: 7 p.m. Shaker Middle School Auditorium
Topics/Action: Proposed Budget Review, Updated Tax Cap, Property Tax Report Card, Approval of Schedules, and Board formally adopts the proposed budget.
Wednesday, May 3: 7 p.m. Shaker Middle School Auditorium.
Topics/Format: Budget Hearing/Forum & Meet the BOE Candidates
Tuesday, May 16: 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. District Office, 91 Fiddlers Lane, Latham.
Budget Vote
ORIGINAL WEB STORY FOLLOWS:
Due to the weather-related postponement of the March 13 Budget Committee meeting, the schedule of topics has been updated.
(Recording) Monday, March 20, 7 p.m. Budget Committee (District Office, 91 Fiddlers Lane)
Topics: Facilities, custodial and transportation; Debt Service; Interfund Transfers
(Livestream) Wednesday, March 22, 7 p.m. Budget Committee (District Office, 91 Fiddlers Lane)
Topics: Instructional Technology & Technology Equipment, Smart Schools Bond Act
Wednesday., March 29, 7 p.m. Budget Committee (Shaker Middle School)
Topics: Staffing, Anticipated Building Enrollment, New Programs and Initiatives
“This is an important process and an opportunity to share ideas,” Superintendent Kathleen Skeals said during the March 6 meeting. “Your thinking is important to us.”
North Colonie CSD is now funding and delivering education to its growing enrollment of now 6,100 students in a post pandemic world. The district’s three major pillars continue to guide the work – Academic Excellence, Equity, and Social Emotional Health, she added. With a key question that needs to be asked:
“What if we help all students find and pursue their passions, give them the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to pursue their passions, and show them how their unique talents and gifts can contribute meaningfully to our society?” Supt. Skeals said. The recorded livestream of the March 6 meeting is on our Budget & Taxes web page.
Following these three budget committee meetings:
- The proposed 2023-24 budget is scheduled to be adopted Monday, April 3, 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at Shaker Middle School;
- The Budget Hearing/Forum & Meet the BOE Candidates, Wednesday, May 3, 7 p.m. in the Shaker Middle School Auditorium.
The Budget Vote is Tuesday, 6 a.m. – 9 p.m., May 16, 2023 in the District Office, 91 Fiddlers Lane, Latham.