Southern Cayuga board adopts school budget; voters get it May 20

POPLAR RIDGE -- Taxpayers in the Southern Cayuga Central School District will see a lean budget when they go to the polls on May 20.

During a board of education meeting Monday lasting more than three hours, the board voted 4-3 to adopt the 2008-09 school budget of $16,448,192.15, an increase of 3.37 percent from last year with a tax levy increase of 5.24 percent.

Board members went line by line, cutting the fat off the proposed budget to ensure fiscal responsibility while maintaining academic integrity.