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Budget Vote Extra: Is Your School District Raising Spending?



County # of Districts that Increased Spending # of Districts That Cut Spending Average
 Spending Increase in County
Erie 18 9 0.34 %
Niagara 8 2 .67 %
Allegany 9 3 2.35%
Cattaraugus 9 3 1.49 %
Chautauqua 11 5 0.9 %
Genesee 7 1 1.32 %
Orleans 3 2 .52 %
Wyoming 5 1 1.79 %
Source: WBEN Research based on numbers each district submitted to the NYS Dept. of Education.
 
 
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for: Erie County | Niagara County | Allegany County | Chautauqua County | Cattaraugus County | Genesee County | Orleans County | Wyoming County

From NYS Ed. Dept., for  every district in NY:
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Tax Levy Data  | Fund Balance Data  
 		  
(WBEN) Five school districts in Western New York are among the 51 statewide asking voters'  permission to exceed the state's new 2 percent cap on property taxes, during voting Tuesday.

Districts are presenting budgets to voters for the first time ever under the state’s new property tax cap – and while most have enacted deep cuts, a WBEN analysis shows 72 percent of the districts in WNY are still increasing spending too.

According to a survey by the NYS  School Boards Association , almost a third of the districts in New York are cutting teaching positions; another third have cut non-instructional staff. 

Many have cuts sports, extracurricular activities, and elective courses such as art and music. Transportation changes that require kids to walk further to school are also proposed.

Holland, Niagara-Wheatfield, Bemus Point,  Salamanca & Wyoming school districts have proposed tax increases over the state's 2 percent annual cap, and need approval from  60 percent of the voters, while all other budgets  must pass by a simple majority to be adopted.

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Source:  School District Numbers as Reported to The NYS Education Dept.

 

Erie County Districts   -  Ranked By Spending Increase/Decrease
District Name 2011-2012
Budgeted
Spending		 2012-2013
Budgeted
Spending		 Percent
Change
LANCASTER CSD 87,601,417 91,513,002 4.47
EAST AURORA UFSD 27,874,049 29,111,387 4.44
IROQUOIS CSD 41,786,401 43,469,461 4.03
LAKE SHORE (EVANS-BRANT CSD) 51,277,057 52,749,843 2.87
CLARENCE CSD 70,642,090 72,511,600 2.65
CLEVELAND HILL UFSD 28,983,793 29,706,475 2.49
GRAND ISLAND CSD 51,859,079 53,079,789 2.35
ORCHARD PARK CSD 82,012,055 83,640,108 1.99
WEST SENECA CSD 106,095,742 108,184,900 1.97
WILLIAMSVILLE CSD  161,813,545 164,545,249 1.69
LACKAWANNA CITY SD 44,630,000 45,300,000 1.50
AMHERST CSD 47,144,985 47,702,965 1.18
CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UFSD  35,541,114 35,893,350 0.99
CHEEKTOWAGA CSD 38,752,884 39,094,329 0.88
ALDEN CSD 31,814,977 32,091,571 0.87
CHEEKTOWAGA-SLOAN UFSD   33,012,673 33,261,692 0.75
KENMORE-TONAWANDA UFSD 147,237,067 147,776,616 0.37
AVERAGE ERIE COUNTY SPENDING INCREASE .34 %
SWEET HOME CSD  67,769,088 67,775,007 0.01
HAMBURG CSD 56,774,628 56,597,957 -0.31
DEPEW UFSD 37,872,147 37,432,575 -1.16
TONAWANDA CITY SD 30,036,627 29,541,451 -1.65
NORTH COLLINS CSD 14,685,132 14,398,949 -1.95
AKRON CSD 28,996,791 28,313,413 -2.36
FRONTIER CSD 74,625,064 72,285,048 -3.14
EDEN CSD 26,160,572 25,180,031 -3.75
HOLLAND CSD 18,000,000 16,991,000 -5.61
SPRINGVILLE-GRIFFITH INST CSD 36,166,220 33,889,410 -6.30


 Niagara County Districts Ranked By Spending Increase/Decrease
District Name 2011-2012
Budgeted
Spending		 2012-2013
Budgeted
Spending		 Percent
Change
NEWFANE CSD 31,506,859 32,939,926 4.55
BARKER CSD 19,202,232 19,485,396 1.47
NIAGARA FALLS CITY SD 121,057,959 122,438,834 1.14
LOCKPORT CITY SD 79,003,398 79,898,189 1.13
STARPOINT CSD 44,896,520 45,363,528 1.04
AVERAGE NIAGARA COUNTY SPENDING INCREASE .67 %
LEWISTON-PORTER CSD 40,233,491 40,472,775 0.59
NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SD 64,476,140 64,752,895 0.43
WILSON CSD 23,415,594 23,478,585 0.27
NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CSD 62,935,676 61,780,335 -1.84
ROYALTON-HARTLAND CSD 22,518,142 22,057,939 -2.04

Allegany County Districts     -     Ranked By Spending Increase/Decrease
District Name 2011-2012
Budgeted Spending		 2012-2013
Budgeted Spending		 Percent Change
CANASERAGA CSD 5,900,023 6,745,853 14.34
WELLSVILLE CSD 26,026,635 26,899,594 3.35
WHITESVILLE CSD 6,210,305 6,391,917 2.92
ALFRED-ALMOND CSD 11,415,352 11,740,056 2.84
AVERAGE ALLEGANY COUNTY SPENDING INCREASE 2.35 %
FILLMORE CSD 13,455,078 13,760,520 2.27
SCIO CSD 9,729,590 9,922,372 1.98
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CSD 16,765,604 17,010,677 1.46
GENESEE VALLEY CSD  13,036,993 13,210,784 1.33
FRIENDSHIP CSD 8,702,905 8,809,607 1.23
CUBA-RUSHFORD CSD 19,921,314 19,780,932 -0.70
ANDOVER CSD 8,293,012 8,194,297 -1.19
BELFAST CSD 8,582,285 8,366,747 -2.51


Cattaraugus County School Districts  - Ranked By Spending Increase/Decrease
District Name 2011-2012
Budgeted
Spending		 2012-2013
Budgeted
Spending		 Percent
Change
CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY CSD 22,009,735 23,453,485 6.56
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CSD 20,435,680 21,341,460 4.43
PORTVILLE CSD 15,676,263 16,255,158 3.69
GOWANDA CSD 25,510,700 26,337,616 3.24
RANDOLPH CSD 17,912,551 18,470,469 3.11
HINSDALE CSD 8,934,186 9,195,147 2.92
YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CSD 46,946,409 47,743,259 1.70
ELLICOTTVILLE CSD 10,467,500 10,641,795 1.67
AVERAGE CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SPENDING INCREASE 1.49 %
WEST VALLEY CSD 8,521,156 8,609,698 1.04
SALAMANCA CITY SD 25,051,804 24,697,411 -1.41
OLEAN CITY SD 37,485,269 36,473,033 -2.70
FRANKLINVILLE CSD 19,395,583 18,167,503 -6.33


Chautauqua County School Districts  - Ranked by Spending Increase/ Decrease
District Name 2011-2012
Budgeted
Spending 		2012-2013
Budgeted
Spending 		Percent
Change
DUNKIRK CITY SD 38,085,600 40,204,152 5.56
FORESTVILLE CSD 11,039,427 11,519,320 4.35
JAMESTOWN CITY SD 74,454,629 76,795,692 3.14
FREDONIA CSD 27,346,798 27,919,828 2.10
PINE VALLEY CSD (SOUTH DAYTON) 14,403,225 14,624,137 1.53
PANAMA CSD 11,818,962 11,998,913 1.52
SHERMAN CSD 8,854,497 8,939,224 0.96
BEMUS POINT CSD 12,359,700 12,474,650 0.93
AVERAGE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SPENDING INCREASE 0.9 %
FALCONER CSD 21,010,041 21,114,476 0.50
CASSADAGA VALLEY CSD 19,910,000 19,998,000 0.44
FREWSBURG CSD 14,951,049 15,003,902 0.35
SOUTHWESTERN CSD AT JAMESTOWN 25,740,309 25,739,850 0.00
BROCTON CSD 14,714,507 14,714,560 0.00
RIPLEY CSD 8,548,564 8,518,725 -0.35
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE CSD 19,248,241 19,124,484 -0.64
SILVER CREEK CSD 19,992,146 19,832,822 -0.80
CLYMER CSD 9,510,591 9,422,589 -0.93
WESTFIELD CSD 14,195,602 13,852,872 -2.41


Genesee County School Districts Ranked by Spending Increase/Decrease
District Name 2011-2012
Budgeted
Spending		 2012-2013
Budgeted
Spending		 Percent
Change
PAVILION CSD 15,704,015 16,489,913 5.00
OAKFIELD-ALABAMA CSD 17,027,575 17,437,100 2.41
BATAVIA CITY SD 39,366,045 40,086,732 1.83
ALEXANDER CSD 16,483,028 16,706,092 1.35
Average Genesee County Spending Increase 1.32 %
PEMBROKE CSD 19,675,568 19,859,595 0.94
LE ROY CSD 20,952,218 21,144,838 0.92
ELBA CSD 9,511,835 9,540,820 0.30
BYRON-BERGEN CSD 20,387,650 19,938,195 -2.20

Orleans County Districts Ranked By Spending Increase/Decrease
District Name 2011-2012
Budgeted
Spending		 2012-2013
Budgeted
Spending		 Percent
Change
MEDINA CSD 32,855,776 33,427,930 1.74
ALBION CSD 32,662,922 33,146,250 1.48
HOLLEY CSD 19,750,599 19,967,841 1.10
 AVERAGE ORLEANS COUNTY SPENDING INCREASE 0.52%
KENDALL CSD 16,465,736 16,390,153 -0.46
LYNDONVILLE CSD 13,133,000 12,964,687 -1.28


Wyoming County Districts Ranked By Spending Increase/ Decrease
District Name 2011-2012
Budgeted
Spending		 2012-2013
Budgeted
Spending		 Percent
Change
LETCHWORTH CSD 16,584,532 17,221,879 3.84
PERRY CSD 16,496,688 16,974,177 2.89
WYOMING CSD 4,890,753 4,978,303 1.79
AVERAGE WYOMING COUNTY SPENDING INCREASE 1.79
WARSAW CSD 18,502,737 18,588,743 0.46
ATTICA CSD 27,131,377 27,126,131 -0.02


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Locations : Allegany County, Batavia City, Cattaraugus County, Dunkirk City, Erie County, Genesee County, Increase/decrease , Jamestown City, Lackawanna City, Olean City, Salamanca City, Tonawanda City, Wyoming
People : ALDEN CSD, ALEXANDER CSD, ALFRED-ALMOND CSD, AURORA UFSD, BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CSD, BYRON-BERGEN CSD, CLARENCE CSD, ELBA CSD, EVANS-BRANT CSD, RANDOLPH CSD, RIPLEY CSD, RUSHFORD CSD, SHERMAN CSD, SLOAN UFSD
05/15/2012 7:19AM
Budget Vote Extra: Is Your School District Raising Spending?
Will you vote in favor of your school district budget?
05/15/2012 7:48AM
Williamsville Budget is out of control
I'll vote a resounding NO!!! on the Williamsville CSD budget. I was a business official there and a school district auditor of Williamsville CSD and their budget is bloated with unnecessary spending. Perhaps the most damaging news, though, is that the state auditor found in 2009 that they had excess general fund unappropriated fund balance of over 8%. That is against the law! They accumulated that excess over four years of overblown budgets under Maturski who is now the Asst Superintendent for Finance there. They were told to give it back to the taxpayers (or use it to reduce debt). They had the nerve to ask for, and receive, a 2% increase in the budget in 2010. Voters--wake up! You are being fleeced by this district.
05/15/2012 7:57AM
Caught in the middle
I hate the cuts because of what they mean in the classroom, but am not going to vote for higher taxes. It's a hold your nose and vote yes kind of year in Cheektowaga
05/15/2012 9:01AM
North Tonawanda Shell Game
I am definately voting NO!!! in North Tonawanda. I have gone to about 2/3rds of the budget meetings and the current Superindendent is never specific in his presentations on exactly what is being cut. We have been promised updated information from the Athletics director and never get it. We are given glib responses when asked why we need so many 'bloat' unmandated positions in the schools and I just feel the Superindendent doesn't have respect for the taxpayers (could be because he is a former teacher that was on the last contract negotiations committee?). Teachers gave a pittance of a concession and then the Union Prez had the nerve to be quoted as saying "don't come back to us next year". Well as a taxpayer I say don't come back to me this year. Communicate to the taxpayers of our city exactly what is being cut and what we pay for and maybe I'll take you seriously and vote yes. Have actual information on the district's website for those of us who vote but have to work in the evenings so that we can pay the highest salaried teachers in Western New York. You get what you pay for and for what we pay teachers our kids should be a lot higher than 55 out of 97.
05/15/2012 12:49PM
Good for North Tonawanda Shell Game Commentator
Good for you-- you get the idea without having the background I have in school district auditing. The superintendents and asst supers are all former teachers and they 'negotiate' the contracts. Believe me, taxpayers are not there first concern. All voters have a right to look at the contracts and the salaries of the teachers/support staff/administrators. I think most people would be shocked to find out that teachers work an average 7 hours per day, 180 days per year, and the average salary is about $60,000, but many make $80,000, $90,000, and $100,000. It doesn't take long. Also, many bus drivers make about $56,000 per year if those drivers are used for sports and field trips. Custodians can make $60,000/year easily. Don't know about taxpayers in North Tonawanda, but my salary level is about $50,000, no company paid health insurance, no 401K employer contribution, 2 sick days, no long-term insurance, no retirement. Makes you wonder why the people working for us are doing better than those paying their salaries.
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