VOTE ON APRIL 4TH

IN ANTICIPATION OF THE POTENTIAL SNOW STORM THIS WEEK, BE AWARE THAT YOU CAN VOTE RIGHT NOW AT CITY HALL! EARLY IN PERSON VOTING WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 4:30 PM ON WEDNESDAY. WHY WAIT? CAST YOUR BALLOT NOW!

Thursday, April 4th is the budget revote for South Burlington School District. Below is everything you need to know before you vote. This budget is $1,662,891 less than the budget on March 5th and sees a new tax rate increase of 14.5% (down from 23.25% on March 5th).

• Prioritizes student-facing positions
• Includes important school safety enhancements
• Supports social and emotional learning needs of students
• Provides structured literacy programming
• Features funding for critical future facilities needs
• Increases multilingual supports

At the Wednesday, April 3rd South Burlington School Board meeting, there will be a public hearing on the budget. You can attend in person or join via Zoom. The meeting begins at 6 pm.

Polls will be open at 7 am -7 pm on Thursday, April 4th and voting locations are Gertrude Chamberlin School, Orchard Elementary, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School and City Hall.

Find out what district you vote in here.

Use this map to find your polling location.

IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR EARLY BALLOT OR YOU HAVE NOT MAILED IT YET, YOU CAN NO LONGER MAIL IT IN. YOU NEED TO RETURN IT DIRECTLY TO CITY HALL.

You are able to vote in person at City Hall until 4:30 pm on April 3rd.

• Budget=$69,530,000
• Tax Rate Increase=14.5%
• Average residential homeowner will see an increase of about $71 per month
• Average condo owner would see an increase of about $48 per month
• 60% of SB homestead owners pay a lower rate by receiving a property tax credit based on household income and home value. (To apply for a tax reduction, contact the Vermont Department of Taxes at www.tax.vermont.gov/property/tax-credit or call 802-828-2505)

In addition to the $2.27 million surplus from 2022 going back into the budget as revenue, the district will see:

• $848,186 reductions in staffing and programs
• $814,705 reductions in allocation to Capital Reserve Fund (from $1.9 million to $1,085,295)
• Net reduction of 4.4 FTEs (Full-Time Equivalent)

This chart shows from which buildings the reductions will be made.

The FY25 budget is 11.2% higher than the FY24 budget. Many factors contributed to that increase. This chart shows the monetary and percentage increase over the previous year's budget.

More information about the budget can be found at sbschools.net/budgetfy25.

Please vote on Thursday, April 4th!