School performance and funding transparency
Summary
Public commenter Ken Walter flagged three struggling districts — Fallsburg, Monticello, and Liberty — and pushed for bilingual education and easier access to school budget details, noting school budgets collectively total about $750 million countywide.
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Last discussed May 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
County school budgets cumulatively total roughly $750 million — more than double the county's own $330 million budget.
Students in struggling districts would benefit from proposed bilingual and back-to-basics reforms.
Taxpayers face the burden of school spending that, per the commenter, yields poor return on investment.
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