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2026 -2027 Budget REVOTE Calendar

May 19, 2026 Budget Information and Results

Proposition #1 Berlin Central School District 2026-2027 Budget

The budget proposition failed with 210 Yes votes and 213 No votes. This is for the 2026-2027 budget of $26,799,680. The proposal included a 2.03% increase over the current year and a tax levy increase of 2.16% which is at the allowable tax cap.

Proposition #2 – Bus Purchase

Purchase of two (2) school bus (66 seats), vehicles, at a cost not to exceed $355,000.

233 Yes votes; 189 No votes

Board of Education Election

One candidate sought election to two open board of education seats. One candidate for re-election and one open seat with a write-in.

FRANK ZWACK

NICHOLAS BURDICK-write-in candidate

Please find a message from Superintendent Mr. Kenneth Rizzo below. 

Good Evening, 

On Tuesday, May 19, residents of the Berlin Central School District rejected a $26,799,680 million budget for the 2026-2027 school year by a vote of 210 yes to 213 no.  The proposal included a 2.03% increase over the current year and a tax levy increase of 2.16% which is at the allowable tax cap.

Proposition #2 authorizing the purchase of 2 school buses passed with 233 yes votes and 189 no votes. Voters elected two Board of Education members: FRANK ZWACK and write-in candidate NICHOLAS BURDICK. Thank you to everyone who participated in today’s vote. 

Sincerely,

Kenneth Rizzo

Berlin CSD 

Superintendent 

Budget Information

Capital Project Information and Updates

Board Members

Kim Collen – 2022 – present – current term – 2025-2028
Penni Eggsware – 2024 – present – current term 2024-2027
Derrick Gardner – 2020 – present – current term 2023-2026
Rebekah Lamphere – 2025 – present – current term 2025-2028
Katie Murray (Snyder) – 2012 – present – current term 2024-2027- BOE President
Elaine Smith – 2025 – present – current term – 2025-2028
Frank J. Zwack – 1983 – 2001, 2002 – present – current term 2023-2026 – BOE Vice President
Superintendent of Schools  – Mr. Kenneth Rizzo

2025-2026 Student Representative BHS Junior- Isabella Ovitt

*Each term is a three year term which begins July 1, of the year and ends June 30, of the ending term.

Budget Information

Upcoming Board of Education Meetings

Monthly BOE meetings are held at 7:15 p.m. at the Berlin Middle High School on the third Tuesday of the month (most months – February, April, May and July are exceptions).

2025 – 2026 Board of Education Meeting Dates 

How To Effectively Communicate With Berlin School and District Staff

The Berlin Central School District’s Board of Education members, and the BCSD Board of Education as a whole, appreciates hearing from the community. The BOE takes all emails into serious consideration and acts on them together, as a Board. However, the BOE may not necessarily reply directly to all the emails that they receive. The BOE encourages the community to reach out directly to their student’s teachers, principals or administrative team for questions and concerns that need an immediate and direct response back. Your voice is an important part of our BCSD community. As a BCSD parent/community member please take time to review the “chain of command,” or where to begin the communication sequence regarding a problem or concern. Many parent and community questions are easily and completely answered by communicating directly with the educator in charge of the class or program. Each situation should first be addressed at whatever level the initial action was taken, with appeals moving on to the next level in the chain of command.
Email at: boardofeducation@berlincentral.org

2025 – 2026 Board of Education Committees

Audit: Frank Zwack, Katie Murray, Sheila Hewitt, Andy McGuire

Health: Kim Collen

Sports: Penni Eggsware, Kim Collen, Katie Murray

Facilities: Derrick Gardner, Frank Zwack, Rebekah Lamphere, Trevor Jewett

Policy: Kim Collen, Elaine Smith

BCSD Shares Appreciation for Its Board of Education Members

BCSD Shares an Appreciation for 2024 School Board of Education Recognition Week

Board Accepts the 23-24 Auditors Report and Corrective Action Plan

• Berlin Central School District Financial Statements and Supplementary Information Year Ended June 30, 2024
  • Corrective Action Plan Fiscal Year Ending 6/30/24
• Berlin Central School District Extraclassroom Activity Fund-Cash Basis Year Ended June 30, 2024

Board Accepts the 22-23 Auditors Report and Corrective Action Plan

• Berlin Central School District Financial Statements and Supplementary Information
  Year Ended June 30, 2023

• Corrective Action Plan Fiscal Year Ending 6/30/23
• Berlin Central School District Extraclassroom Activity Fund-Cash Basis
  Year Ended June 30, 2023

• Corrective Action Plan for Extra classroom Activities 6/30/23

Notification of Employment of a Retired Person