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Region One board proposes 4.5% budget increase

FALLS VILLAGE — The Region One Board of Education voted unanimously on Monday, March 3, to send a $18 million 2025-’26 budget proposal to a public hearing.

The Region One budget has three main parts: Housatonic Valley Regional High School; Pupil Services — which includes Special Education; and the Regional Schools Services Center — RSSC, aka the Central Office.

The bottom line is $18,485,210, a 4.49% increase of $794,882.

For the high school, the total is $9,135,577, an increase of $146,586.

For Pupil Services, the total is $7,522,557, an increase of $539,128, or 7.72%.

For the Central Office, the total is $1,827,075, and increase of $109,167.

The public hearing is Thursday, April 10, 6:30 p.m. online and in-person at HVRHS.

The six Region One towns — Cornwall, Canaan/Falls Village, Kent, North Canaan, Salisbury and Sharon — vote on the budget proposal in a referendum Tuesday, May 6, with voting at town halls from noon to 8 p.m.

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