The Public Hearing on the 2025-26 budget proposal is Monday, May 12th at 6:30 p.m. in the High School auditorium, 10 Quade Street. All are welcome!

Read the budget newsletter here

2025-26 GFSD Budget Document

Please note that the archived budget document is a 20MB PDF document. Please come to or call the district office if you have trouble accessing or reading the file.

Connect, Create, Belong: Building a Budget for Every Learner

With the goal of enhancing learning outcomes for all students, the Board of Education has adopted a $60.7 million budget proposal for the 2025-26 school year that enhances current programs and student supports while staying within the property tax cap.

If approved by the voters on Tuesday, May 20, the spending plan would increase the tax levy by 2.63 percent, which is the district’s maximum allowable without a super majority vote. The proposed budget would increase the tax levy by $631,900 over the current year budget.

Voting takes place from noon to 9 p.m. in the Sanford Street School gym on May 20th.

The spending plan includes:

• District-wide initiatives to boost math skills, comprehension, and numeracy.
• Continued support for summer academic intervention services that keep students learning and growing.
• Continued funding for our successful and data-driven Multi-Tier Systems of Support (MTSS), including foundational skill development for students.
• Enhanced support for Arts in Education funds that provide important academic enrichments and experiences for a well-rounded education.
• Professional development for teachers focused on the creation of Professional Learning Communities (PLC).
• Mental health services that include a range of supports for students, both in-person at school and via telehealth options.
• Swim lesson safety program for elementary students.

“Our budget reflects our unwavering commitment to our mission: to educate, support, and inspire all students as they learn to become productive and engaged members of their community,” says Dr. Krislynn Dengler, Superintendent of Schools. “We are proud to offer a wide range of opportunities that nurture academic achievement, creativity, leadership, and personal growth for every student we serve.”

April 7, 2025 Budget Development Presentation

March 10, 2025 Budget Development Presentation

2025-26 Budget Development goals:

• Develop a budget that is fiscally responsible and educationally sound.
• Create a budget which maintains current Programs & Services while providing financial support for the district strategic planning initiatives.
• Develop a budget that results in a projected tax levy below the tax cap limit.
• Utilize expense efficiencies to minimize increases in the budget.

GFSD Budget Development Calendar

2025-26 Executive Budget Recommendations for Elementary and Secondary Education and Executive Budget School Aid Runs 

Thank you to the GF Nation community for your support!

• Read the 2024-25 Budget Newsletter
• View the full Budget Document (19MB file)
• See Side 1 and Side 2 of a Sample Ballot (don't forget to vote both sides!)
• Review the slides from the Public Budget Hearing

Building student achievement + success
in 2024-25

With the goal of enhancing learning outcomes for all students, the Board of Education has adopted a $56.9 million budget proposal for the 2024-25 school year that enhances current programs and student supports while staying within the property tax cap.

If approved by the voters on Tuesday, May 21, the spending plan would increase the tax levy by 2.64 percent, which is the district’s maximum allowable without a super majority vote. The proposed budget would increase the tax levy by $619,628 over the current year budget. 

Voting takes place from noon to 9 p.m. in the Sanford Street School gym on May 21st.

The spending plan includes:

• A new teaching position for Math Academic Intervention and Support at the Middle School
• Purchase of 2 small buses, 1 small wheel chair bus, 1 big bus, and 1 big wheel chair bus to replace older vehicles in the fleet
• Four Safety Monitor positions at the HS/MS to assist with transitions, large group areas, and overall supervision
• A Core Values Advocate position focused on Middle School student support and restorative practices
• Expanded mental health services for students that include telehealth options 
• Additional coaching positions for student-athlete safety, and to provide more opportunities for participation (Volleyball, Unified Bocce, etc.)
• Partnerships with Common Thread Community Collaboration and Needham Safety Risk Management to further enhance school climate
• Tennis court resurfacing at Morse Athletic Complex

An additional proposition on the ballot would create a capital reserve fund to be used for general improvements, reconstruction, renovations, or additions to the district’s buildings and site property. If authorized, it would be funded with unallocated fund balance (savings) over the next ten years, with total deposits not to exceed $10 million.

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The annual budget vote for the fiscal year 2024-2025 by the qualified voters of the Glens Falls City School District, Warren County, New York, will be held at the Sanford Street Elementary School gymnasium in said district on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine.

2023-24 School Budget & Board of Education Elections are Tuesday, May 16, 2023

• Read the budget newsletter, mailed to all resident households

• View the sample ballot, and don't forget to vote both sides!

• April 3, 2023: Board of Education budget adoption: Slides

• May 8, 2023: Public Hearing on the Proposed Budget: Slides

Budget Proposal at a glance

• Total proposed budget, 2023-24: $57,135,126 
• Tax levy percentage increase: 2.57%
• Tax levy dollar amount increase: $586,475
• Total tax levy: $23,431,072 
• Maximum allowable (tax cap): 2.57%

Building student achievement + success in 2023-24

With the goal of enhancing learning outcomes for all students, the Board of Education has adopted a $57.1 million budget proposal for the 2023-24 school year that expands current programs and services and stays within the property tax cap.

If approved by the voters on Tuesday, May 16, the spending plan would increase the tax levy by 2.57 percent, which is the district’s maximum allowable without a super majority vote. The proposed budget would increase the tax levy by $586,475 over the current year budget. 

The 2023-24 budget includes a substantial transfer, in the amount of $5,495,000, from the General Fund to the Capital Fund, to help fund the voter-approved (December 2021) $32.1 million capital project. These funds come from the district’s previously established (2009) capital reserve fund ($250,000) and savings on hand ($5,245,000), and is part of the district’s capital plan for ensuring the project has no tax impact. 

Voting takes place from noon to 9 p.m. in the Sanford Street School gym on May 16th.

The spending plan includes:

• A new teaching position for Math Academic Intervention and Support at the elementary level.
• Purchase of two existing school buses at residual value.
• Purchase of two new 65-passenger school buses to replace the oldest vehicles in the fleet.
• Comprehensive strategic planning to focus district resources, time, and attention on our most important goals and objectives.
• Structured, evidence-based, multi-year professional development for faculty and staff to align, focus, and implement district goals.
• A brand new driver education program at GFHS.
• A Director of Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) position to support our students with challenges to their academic and social-emotional development.