Budgets & Audits

Annual Budget Vote & Board of Education Elections: 2025-2026

The Carmel Central School District Annual Budget Vote and Board of Education Elections for the 2025-2026 school year took place on May 20.

The 2025-26 School Budget passed with the following vote count:  

Yes votes -- 1290
No votes -- 1113

Board of Education Trustee Election Results: 

Nicholas Magliano -- 1390
Frank Grasso -- 1252
Michael Torpey -- 1255
Prakash Tewari -- 1059
Nathaniel Query -- 740 

2025-2026 Budget Newsletter 

Proposed 2025-26 School Budget: 

The proposed $147,236,096 budget for 2025-2026 represents a 3.9%, or $5,462,130, increase in spending over 2024-25. 
The tax levy increase of $750,356, or 0.74%, is far below the state mandated tax cap of 3.06%.
See the 2025-2026 Proposed Budget below for more information. 

School Board Candidates:

There are five candidates for three (3) Board of Education seats this year. All residents may vote on the three available seats and the one (1) Budget Proposition. The seats will be filled by the three candidates with the highest number of votes as follows:

· One three-year-and-six-week term commencing May 20, 2025, and expiring on June 30, 2028.

· Two three-year terms commencing July 1, 2025, and expiring on June 30, 2028.

 

 

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