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Boquet Valley Central School District at Elizabethtown-Lewis-Westport public hearing, date not confirmed yet

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What happened at this meeting

Boquet Valley board holds hearing on proposed $16,467,338 spending plan for 2026⁠-⁠27 9:22

  • The board held a public budget hearing on a proposed $16,467,338 spending plan for the 2026⁠-⁠27 school year. 9:22
  • A district staff member said the tax cap formula puts the district at 4.24% for the upcoming school year and that overall spending would rise 0.00007%, with $0 used from fund balance. 11:51
  • A district staff member described a planned brief survey of a couple of questions to gather community feedback on tax exemptions for veterans. 32:45
  • The board approved SEQR Resolution 19C, which a district staff member said relates to a $100,000 capital outlay project to replace worn carpet in some rooms at Mountain View. 1:03:07

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Item by item (15)
  1. Farm to School presentation 0:03
    • A district staff member said the district partnered with Cornell Cooperative Extension on its Farm to School expansion. 0:03
    • Student presenters described a garden club with 6 raised beds and a greenhouse, and said a $15,000 grant from Adirondack Community Foundation paid for a grow cart and Four Winds programming. 0:44
    • A student presenter said the school is getting 14 egg-laying hens, and a staff member said each homeroom will name a chicken. 5:06
  2. First executive session 7:49
    • The chair read reasons for an executive session, including employment history of a particular person and the proposed acquisition, sale or lease of real property. 7:49
    • The motions to enter executive session and to reconvene into regular session passed. 8:48
  3. Public budget hearing 9:22
    • A district staff member said a $100,000 home in all towns except Elizabethtown would carry a $1,122 tax estimate, with Elizabethtown a little higher at just over $1,400. 12:48
    • A district staff member said the capital decrease reflects the purchase of 2 large buses last year compared with 1 small bus this year. 16:14
    • A district staff member described plans to use the transportation reserve fund to buy a 35-passenger bus and a 7-passenger van at a maximum of $162,000 and a plow truck and tractor at a maximum of $115,000, and a $15,000 increase in library funding divided equally among the 3 public libraries in the district. 27:30
  4. Capital project update 29:46
    • A district staff member said the district had gotten its building aid units back from State Ed but was not ready to present actual costs to the public. 30:12
  5. Tax exemption exit survey 32:22
    • A district staff member said the board still wanted feedback from the community on tax exemptions for veterans and proposed a brief survey, adding that the decision ultimately has to be the board's. 32:45
    • A staff member said the veterans exemption has one overarching exemption with sub-exemptions, and the board would have to adopt the overall one. 34:50
    • A staff member said the survey would be run through the district's attorney. 38:25
  6. Committee updates 39:07
    • Paige Cotter Saltamach said the Youth Commission is building a baseball field at Noble Terrace in Elizabethtown and discussed using an unused backstop at Mountain View. 39:35
    • Paige Cotter Saltamach said the transfer would be no cost to the school, and a staff member agreed to look into the legalities of transferring it. 40:34
    • The policy committee reported working on several policies recommended by Area 1 Policy Services. 42:55
  7. First public comment 43:29
    • A speaker at public comment thanked teachers, administration and the board for the opportunity to take AP classes. 44:42
    • The speaker asked why addresses are requested at public comment, and another speaker said it may be to tell whether someone lives in the district. 45:37
  8. Student report 46:17
    • The student report described field trips to the Lake Placid Olympic Center and to Montreal, an assembly and a career fair. 46:40
  9. Agenda and minutes 48:38
    • The board considered the agenda with addendum items 16B and 19C and minutes of April meetings. 48:55
    • Items 13A and B were approved. ~49:51
  10. Financials and special education recommendations 49:51
    • The board considered financial items 14A, 1 through 6, and recommendations of the Committee on Preschool Special Education, Committee on Special Education and Committee on 504 Plan. 49:51
    • The financial items were approved and item 15A was accepted. 50:29
  11. Consent agenda and action items 50:29
    • The board considered consent agenda items 16A and addendum item 16B, followed by items in section 17. 51:15
    • Items 16A and B were accepted, and the motion on the section 17 items was accepted. 51:38
  12. Policy approvals 52:06
    • The board considered policy items 18A, 1 through 4. 52:06
    • Items in 18A, 1 through 4, were accepted. 52:27
  13. Board meeting agenda policy discussion 52:27
    • A staff member said there was interest in requiring a finalized agenda by the Friday before meetings and expressed concerns that it would lead to regular addendums. 53:07
    • One board member said there could be a problem on both ends and asked whether the policy could say 2 days or 3 days instead of 24 hours. 59:28
    • A speaker said the policy committee would discuss the matter at its next meeting so it could come to a vote next month. 1:01:28
  14. Superintendent update and SEQR resolution 1:01:41
    • A staff member said the district is waiting for final allocations for UPK and that IDEA allocations come out July 1st. 1:01:58
    • A staff member said the extended school day program ends June 30th and something small may be offered in August if the grant is received. 1:02:52
    • The superintendent said the $100,000 capital outlay project is a floor replacement in some rooms at Mountain View with worn carpet. 1:04:18
    • The motion to approve SEQR Resolution 19C was accepted. 1:04:40
  15. Second public comment and closing 1:05:13
    • A speaker at public comment thanked the board for allowing seniors to go on a senior trip. 1:05:53
    • The chair said the next regular meeting is Thursday, June 11th, 2026, at 6 PM at the Lakeview Campus. 1:07:38
    • The motion to enter executive session passed, and the chair said no action would follow. 1:08:48

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Video: posted by the district as “May 12, 2026 Budget Hearing and Board of Education meeting”