In a 6 to 2 vote, the North East School Board voted to accept the proposed Final Budget with a tax increase of 3.48 percent. What that means, is that the compounded tax increase over six years, the previous five and next year, comes to 21.95 percent!
How much per student?
Look at the above budget summary. The total expenditure for the 2026-2027 school year will be $32,139,494.
The last number I have for the number of students enrolled in the district is 1395.
$32,139,494 divided by 1395 equals $23,039.06 PER STUDENT!
Do you think we should be spending $23 thousand dollars per student every year? I’m sure we’ll see some spectacular results from our district for that kind of money. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
NE School Board backup documents 4-23-26 including budget presentation