50 YEARS AGO

A record school budget

A record budget of almost $8 million (about $55 million today) was adopted by the Burnt Hillsballston Lake Board of Education. The budget, to be voted on June 14, included more than $160,000 in schoolroom equipment and educational services, unspecified salary increases for teachers and the provision for increasing the amount spent per student from $1,429 to $1,497. The school district had 5,413 students from Ballston, Charlton, Clifton Park and Glenville. If approved, the budget would mean tentative tax boosts averaging 5.2 percent for the four towns served. When voters last summer twice rejected proposed budgets, the district adopted a contingency budget, which eliminated money for elementary textbooks, summer school and driver education and had closed elementary cafeterias. The new budget would allocate $35,000 for those eliminated services.