School Board budget deliberations begin; departmental presentations on Nov. 25

posted on 11/22/2024

The School Board will continue its fiscal year 2026 budget review at a 6 p.m. workshop on Monday, Nov. 25.

The School Board received a high-level overview of the budget at a Nov. 18 special meeting, where Superintendent William Harbron and Business Administrator Michael Limanni provided preliminary budget estimates. Harbron also reviewed school enrollment numbers and the new position requests for the 2025/2026 school year.

The preliminary budget is $92,610,437, with $65,714,338 to be raised by local property tax. The tax cap for the city has not yet been set, but Limanni estimated the school portion of the tax-capped levy to be $60,267,235, putting the preliminary budget $5,447,103 above the estimated tax cap.

Harbron said the budget workshops, continuing on Mondays in November and December, will continue to drill down in detail. The School Board must adopt its budget by Jan. 15, 2025, which will be sent to the City Manager to be included in the city’s overall FY2026 budget that will be presented in February.

The School Board’s budget meetings and workshops are posted to the FY2026 Budget Revealed webpage along with associated documents.

The Nov. 25 workshop will be televised on Channel 22 and online at https://dovernh.viebit.com, where it will also be available for on-demand viewing.