Upcoming RCS budget presentations include New Baltimore, Bethlehem and Ravena

RCS representatives will make presentations on the proposed 2008-09 school year budget at several upcoming village and town meetings.

Presentation will be made May 6,  7 p.m. at the Ravena Village Board meeting; May 12, 7:30 p.m. at the New Baltimore Town Board meeting and May 14, 6 p.m. at the Bethlehem Town Board meeting, 6 p.m.

Additionally, the district will conduct a public hearing on the budget proposal on May 12, starting at 7 p.m. in the high school. The district budget vote and Board of Education elections is May 20, with ballots being cast from 7a.m. until 9 p.m. in the high school.

The $41.9 million proposed budget would increase spending by 2.17 percent and the tax levy by 2.64 percent. The increases are the lowest proposed by the district in several years, Superintendent Vicki Wright said.

For more information, visit the RCS Budget Information Center at: http://www.rcscsd.org/BudgetInformationCenter2008_09.htm