The North East School District Board of School Directors has adopted a proposed final budget in the amount of $31,121,303 for the 2025-2026 school year at its regular meeting held on April 24, 2025. The budget is available for public inspection on the District’s website, www.NESD1.org (and at the links below). Final action will be […]
NE School District Proposes 3.98 Percent Tax Increase Following Similar Increases for the Previous 3 Years
The North East School District, is proposing another tax increase of 3.98 percent. This follows increases the previous three years of 3.83, 3.82 and 3.94 percent. With a commitment to woke policies, DEI and safe spaces along with declining student enrollment and constant tax increases, perhaps the taxpayers of North East should just say no. […]
The NE School District’s Battle with Cyber Charter Schools Heats Up
Cyber charter schools from the NESD perspective Over the last two NE School District board meetings, Assistant Superintendent Brian Emick presented a great deal of information about cyber charter schools. The presentations emphasized how expensive cyber charter schools across Pennsylvania are and how any student in our district choosing to attend one of those schools […]
NE School District Enrollment Decline Requires All of Our Attention
At the last NESD board meeting on December 19th, I noticed one data point I had not yet seen, the enrollment in the district for the 2024-2025 school year, which is 1435 students. The chart above is an updated version of the one I’ve been using here with the addition of the data for the […]
NE Borough Council to Address Several Items from Previous Meetings
North East Borough Council will hold a public hearing before Monday’s council meeting for the proposed 2025 budget and the proposed tax ordinance. Afterwards, both will be considered for passage during the regular meeting. Also on the agenda, is the appointment of a replacement member for the North East Community Marina board to fill the […]
NE School Board Approves Two Projects at a Cost of $3.85 Million
To no one’s surprise, the North East School Board voted to approve two spending projects totaling $3.85 million. Both projects passed with votes of 7 to 1. Glenn Craig was the sole no vote in both cases. Board member Charles Ferruggia was not present. Before the vote, board member Katie Phillips, asked Business Manager Jeff […]
North East Borough Proposed Budget and Real Estate Tax Ordinance
The Borough of North East does hereby give notice that the Borough Council thereof will consider at its regular meeting on the 16th day of December 2024 commencing at 6:00 p.m. prevailing time, for adoption, the 2025 Budget which will be available for public inspection during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., […]
North East Township Proposed 2025 Budget Available for Review
The North East Township Board of Supervisors, 10300 West Main Road, North East, PA 16428 hereby gives notice that the proposed budgets for 2025 will be on display for public inspection at the Township office on Tuesday November 19, 2024 Monday-Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Adoption of the 2025 budgets will be considered at […]
Let’s Commit to a No School Tax Increase Budget This Year
The $4 million grass replacement project is water under the bridge, it’s done, the money is spent, so let’s move on. It’s time, right now, to think about the school budget, so we don’t run into the usual end of the school year surprise with a budget that can’t be balanced without a big tax […]
Final Revision of North East School Budget Recommends 3.94 Percent Tax Increase
The final revision of the 2024-2025 North East School District budget recommends a 3.94 percent tax increase. The budget will be voted on at the Thursday, June 20th school board meeting. This is the final school board meeting until August 1st. You can review the agenda and the final budget that will be voted on […]