Current Budget
On May 20, Salmon River Central School District voters approved the district’s $41.45 million 2025-26 budget proposal, the purchase and finance of school transport vehicles and the $47 million Foundations for the Future capital improvement project. Residents also elected three board of education members.
Propositions
- A $41,444,974 budget for the 2025-26 school year that increases spending 7.17% ($2,771,780) and carries a tax levy increase of 2%: 139 yes; 44 no
- Purchasing and financing school transport vehicles at a total cost not to exceed $650,000: 135 yes; 49 no
- A capital improvement project consisting of the reconstruction and renovation of, and the construction of improvements, additions and upgrades to various district buildings and facilities at a total maximum estimated cost of $47,000,000 million: 125 yes; 57 no
Board of Education election
Four candidates, as well as one write-in candidate, sought election to three open board of education seats:
- Five-year term:
- Maryellen Cooke: 141 votes (winner)
- Five-year term:
- William Black: 138 votes (winner)
- Niles DuPont: 28 votes
- Two-year term:
- Kim Lauzon McElwain: 118 votes (winner)
- Kristian Terrance (write-in candidate): 22 votes
All three terms begin July 1, 2025.
Budget History
2025-26
- Total budget: $41,444,974
- Tax levy increase: 2%
- Budget-to-budget increase: 7.17%
2024-25
- Total budget: $38,673,194
- Tax levy increase: 2%
- Budget-to-budget increase: 4.84%
2023-24
- Total budget: $36,887,087
- Tax levy increase: 0%
- Budget-to-budget increase: 9.7%
2022-23
- Total budget: $33,625,827
- Tax levy increase: 0%
- Budget-to-budget increase: -2.08%
2021-22
- Total budget: $34,339,754
- Tax levy increase: -.99%
- Budget-to-budget increase: .88%
2020-21
- Total budget: $34,061,334
- Tax levy increase: -4.5%
- Budget-to-budget increase: 0%
Budget & Finance Links
Business office
Natascha Jock
School Business Executive
Phone: (518) 358-6608
Shannon Snyder
District Treasurer
Phone: (518) 358-6612
Lindsay Chapman
Human Resource Clerk
Phone: (518) 358-6614
Zeta Kuretz
Payroll Clerk
Phone: (518) 358-6616
Ashley White
Accounts Payable
Phone: (518) 358-6608
Jacoba Freeman
Internal Claims Auditor
Phone: (518) 358-6669