NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- Schools Superintendent Richard Organisciak announced Tuesday that the New Rochelle Board of Education preliminary budget is $238,139,629, up from $234,174,978. The tax rate is expected to be 4.49% up from 4.18%.

Additional summary details are here: Preliminary Budget Presentation 2013-2014

For reasons that remain unclear, and in violation of the New York State Open Meeting Law, the school district failed to add a PDF version to the district web site even after distributing hard copies of the 2013-14 Superintendent's Proposed Budget at last Thursday's budget review meeting.

As has become a tradition, Talk of the Sound has scanned the hard copy and is making the document available online before the school district

2013-14 Superintendent's Proposed Budget (46 MB PDF)

Residents have numerous opportunities to hear more and be heard:

3/14/13 Board of Education - Budget Review Session at New Rochelle High School Library - 7 pm

3/19/13 Board of Education C.O.W. 7:00 pm/Special Meeting - 8:00 pm - Jefferson Elementary School

4/3/13 Regular Monthly Board of Education Meeting - Barnard Early Childhood Center
(Board approves resolution for annual meeting, budget vote and election, and adopts the 013-2014 Proposed Budget)

4/23/13 - Board of Education C.O.W. 7:00 pm/Special Meeting - 8:00 pm Davis Elementary School

5/7/13 - Regular Monthly Board of Education Meeting - Linda E. Kelly Theater, New Rochelle H.S.
New Rochelle High School Library - 7 pm

5/21/13 - Budget Vote & Election 7:00 am - 9:00 pm at various School District Polling Places