BE IT RESOLVED that the proposed budget of expenditures adopted by the Board of Education of the Roslyn Union Free School District for the 2023-2024 school year in the amount of $127,474,805 be approved, and the amount thereof shall be raised by a levy of a tax upon the taxable property of the school district, after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources as provided by law.

SEA resuelto que deberán plantearse el proyecto de presupuesto de gastos aprobado por la Junta de educación del distrito escolar Roslyn unión libre para ser aprobados el año 2023-2024 por un monto de $127,474,805 y la cantidad de sus por un gravamen de un impuesto sobre la propiedad del distrito escolar, después de la primera deducción de las sumas de dinero en ayudas estatales y de otras fuentes previstas por la ley.

BE IT RESOLVED that the proposed budget of the Bryant Library in the amount of $5,064,369 as prepared by the Trustees of said Library for the 2023-2024 school year and that the amount of $5,064,369 be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable real property in the Roslyn Union Free School District be and hereby are approved. 

SE RESUELVE que el presupuesto propuesto de la Biblioteca Bryant por la cantidad de $ 5,064,369 tal como lo prepararon los Fideicomisarios de dicha Biblioteca para el año escolar 2023-2024 y que la cantidad de $ 5,064,369 sea recaudado por el impuesto de una propiedad sobre la propiedad gravable en el Distrito Escolar Libre de la Unión de Roslyn y por la presente se aprueban.

Shall the Board of Education be authorized to (a) purchase various school buses and vans for use by the District, including related equipment and apparatus, and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $560,000.00; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $560,000.00 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $560,000.00 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable, and (d)  that, in lieu of bonds, the District is authorized to enter into one or more installment purchase contracts for the purchase of some or all of said buses and vans, for a term not to exceed five (5) years; and a tax is hereby voted to pay each installment on any such contract.

Será autorizada la Junta de Educación para: (a) comprar varios autobuses y camionetas escolares para su uso por el Distrito, incluyendo equipos y aparatos relacionados, y para gastar en ellos, incluyendo costos preliminares y costos incidentales a los mismos y para su financiamiento, una cantidad que no exceda el costo total estimado de $560,000.00; (b) por la presente se vota por un impuesto por la cantidad total que no exceda los $560,000.00 para pagar dicho costo, dicho impuesto se percibirá y cobrará en cuotas en los años y en las cantidades que determine dicha Junta de Educación; (c) que en anticipación a dicho impuesto, los bonos del Distrito se autorizan a ser emitidos por el monto del capital que no exceda $560,000.00 y se vota por un impuesto para pagar los intereses de dichos bonos, ya que de igual manera será exigible y pagadero y (d) que, en lugar de bonos, el Distrito está autorizado para celebrar uno o más contratos de compra a plazos para la compra de algunos o todos los autobuses y camionetas mencionados, por un término que no exceda los cinco (5) años; y por la presente se vota un impuesto para pagar cada cuota de dicho contrato.

Proposition 4 - Capital Reserve Fund Expenditures - Slideshow

SHALL the Board of Education be authorized to expend a sum not to exceed $8,000,000.00, from the 2017 Capital Reserve Fund established in May 2017 and the 2015 Capital Reserve Fund established in May 2015, including the use of accrued interest from the 2015 Capital Reserve for the purpose of performing the following projects: (1) Furnish and install seven High School tennis courts, with replacement and upgrade to court lighting (at 3 courts) and spectator pavilion seating, (2) replace perimeter fencing/backstop (with screen planting and gates), (3) replace discus and shot put play area, (4) furnish and install new walkways, stairs and retaining walls, (5) furnish and install baseball/multi-use synthetic turf field w/ dugouts/team areas, spectator pavilion seating and bullpen/batting tunnel, (6) upgrade all field drainage, (7) furnish and install field lighting at the baseball/multi-use synthetic turf field, (8) High School classroom upgrades and all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus, and incidental costs associated therewith.

¿SE DEBE autorizar a la Junta de Educación a gastar una suma que no exceda los $8,000,000.00 del Fondo de Reserva de Capital de 2017 establecido en mayo de 2017 y del Fondo de Reserva de Capital de 2015 establecido en mayo de 2015, incluyendo el uso de los intereses acumulados de la Reserva de Capital de 2015 para el propósito de realizar los siguientes proyectos: 1) Amueblar e instalar siete canchas de tenis de la escuela secundaria, con el reemplazo y la mejora de la iluminación de la cancha (en 3 canchas) y los asientos del pabellón para espectadores, (2) reemplazar el cerco perimetral/detención trasera (con plantas de pantalla y puertas), (3) reemplazar el disco y área de juego de lanzamiento de peso, (4) amueblar e instalar nuevas pasarelas, escaleras y muros de contención, (5) amueblar e instalar un campo de béisbol/césped sintético de usos múltiples con banquillos/áreas de equipo, asientos en el pabellón para espectadores y bullpen/túnel de bateo, (6 ) mejorar todo el drenaje del campo, (7) proporcionar e instalar iluminación en el campo de béisbol/de césped sintético de usos múltiples, (8) mejorar las aulas de la escuela secundaria y toda la mano de obra, materiales, equipos, aparatos y costos incidentales asociados con los mismos (en lo sucesivo “ Mejoras de Capital Propuestas” o “Proyecto”).

To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education. Two (2) terms of three (3) years commencing July 1, 2023 and terminating June 30, 2026.

LEIGH MINSKY
MERYL WAXMAN BEN-LEVY

2-16-2023
SUPERINTENDENT’S PROPOSED DRAFT BUDGET PRESENTATION

3-23-2023
REVISED 2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDGET ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS

4-18-2023
FINAL PROPOSED 23-24 BUDGET

HOW TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT

About 80 percent of every school budget is an investment in people. Contribution rates for the state retirement systems will increase next year. Higher contribution rates paid by employees for health insurance help to offset increases in premiums.

SOURCES OF REVENUE



Property taxes comprise by far the largest source of revenue. Like many Long Island school districts, Roslyn receives little aid from New York State, which provides less than 9% of the district’s overall funding. Reserve funds help to keep the tax levy steady from year to year, in addition to providing a revenue source for long-term expenses, like capital improvements, that fall outside the annual budget.

AS OF APRIL 18, 2023

The linked document includes 11 different ways of viewing the proposed budget for 2023-24. Each of the five organizations of the budget (function, object, location, program and administrator) includes both a summary and a line-by-line document.   

WHY? The function code indicates why something is allocated in the budget.

WHAT? The object code describes the specific item or service.

WHERE? The location code tells us where the item or service is being provided.

WHICH? The program code specifies which part of the program the item or service is allocated for.

WHO? The administrator code identifies the individual who is responsible for the budget item. 

The budget reflects an increase of 4.36% over 2022-23 and includes all changes in staffing and services and materials and equipment as approved by the Board of Education.  The proposed increase in the tax levy is 2.57%, significantly less than the state levy limit of 3.01%.

Included in each of the "Summary" and "Line by Line" sections are actual expenditures for 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, as well as the adopted 2022-23 budget, the proposed budget for 2023-24, and the difference in percentage between the proposed budget and the current budget. The "Detailed" budget includes the actual expenditures for 2020-21, 2021-22, the 2021-22 budget, the current 2022-23 budget, and the proposed budget for 2023-24 as well as a description of each item the district plans to purchase under each budget code.

Here is a table of contents to help you navigate through the document.

Section	Page
Estimated Revenues, Tax Levy and Tax Rate	1
Narrative Description of Budget Function Codes	2
Budget Documents
Function Summary	30
Function Detail	32
Object Summary	63
Object Detail	65
Location Summary	97
Location Detail	98
Program Summary	126
Program Detail	128
Administrator Summary	159
Administrator Detail	160
Public Budget Detail	189
School Report Cards
Other Required Reports
Property Tax Report Card
Three Part Budget
Administrator Salary Disclosure
Exemption Impact Report
Financial Transparency Report

New budgeted sports for the 2023-2024 school year include:

• Winter Dance/Kickline
• Winter Challenger Sports (for our special education student population wanting to participate in interscholastic athletics)

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

• Ongoing multi-tiered explicit grammar instruction
• Implement K-2 materials to support the Science of Reading instruction
• Launch K-5 Civic Readiness instruction
• Expand the Mock Trial program at East Hills and Harbor Hill
• Add full-time position to implement Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards
• Implement Typing Club program for Grades 3 to 5
• Maintain class size in order to provide quality education to all students

ROSLYN MIDDLE SCHOOL

• Introduce new Digital Blogging Club 
• Host Career Day
• Offer 8th Grade World Language Support Classes
• Expand Roslyn Buddy Program
• Offer Executive Functioning Training for Middle School students

ROSLYN HIGH SCHOOL

• Launch a Media Broadcasting Production course and "The Power of the Podcast: The Art of Modern Storytelling
• Expand Bloomberg Business Financial Class to offer a sequence in Portfolio Management; to include a Wall Street Bloomberg Foundations full year course and the Bloomberg Financial Portfolio Management course
• Offer an advanced Pre-Med course to continue the medical field sequence
• Offer an AP Precalculus course
• Expand curriculum to offer a Senior Seminar in Research course
• Offer a Jazz Choir course

Anticipated Facilities Projects for 2023-2024

• Install additional security upgrades, to include: a new security booth at RHS, additional security cameras, an upgrade of building hardware, and security personnel coverage districtwide
• Provide Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training, First Aid, CPR, and advanced life-saving skills for school personnel
• Provide situational awareness training for all school personnel 
• Coordinate and direct threat assessment teams in all buildings

Roslyn High School Security Booth Conceptual Design

• Continue to install BenQ interactive TVs throughout the district

• Installation of additional Hudl cameras to live stream our home games

• Deploy Cisco Access Points to improve wireless connectivity throughout the district

• Outfit our Security Booth with high definition cameras, computers and enhanced security technologies

• Launch the Lexmark/Microsoft translation services to convert documents to and from 50+ languages

• Continue to install multi-Carrier Cellular repeater systems

• Cybersecurity

  • Audit our security infrastructure to seek vulnerabilities and pitfalls

  • Deploy next-Gen Intrusion protection systems and 24-7 security support services

  • AI security solutions to better detect and defend against cyber threats

• Revamp High School Auditorium sound system

• Upgraded Internet bandwidth using additional feeds from Verizon

• Install new iMacs, video equipment and networking for our new Broadcasting Studio and PodCasting classroom

• Chromebooks for grade K and 7th grade replacements

• And so much more….

• The Boys Winter Track team won the 22-23 Nassau County Conference Championship.

• One gymnast competed in the NYS Gymnastics Championship. 

• A RHS student won the Nassau County Winter Championship Pole Vault.

• A RHS student won the Nassau County Winter Championship High Jump.

• A RHS student won the Nassau County Championship Weight Throw.

• Two RHS students made Newsday’s 2022 All Long Island Girls Tennis Team and placed 4th as doubles in the New York State tennis tournament.

• A RHS student made Newsday’s Top 100 Girls Basketball Players list for the 2022-23 Season.

• A RHS senior signed his  Division I National Letter of Intent to play Lacrosse at Michigan University.

• The Boys Volleyball Team were County finalists. 

• The Girls’ Volleyball teams hosted their annual “Spike Out Cancer” games to raise awareness and funding.

• Established a girls' flag football team. 

Click here to view the Athletics Presentation

 

Roslyn's Business Continuum

elementary school Highlights (click here)

 

No Place for Hate Pledge Signing

Harbor Hill Engineering Buddies and Stem Challenge

East Hills gumdrop bridge STEM Challenge

Don't Press Send Digital Citizenship Assembly

Star Project

Kindness Challenge

Heights Supermarket

Hope Squad

Unity Day

JOURNALISM INTRAMURAL 
East Hills
Harbor Hill  

Secondary School Highlights

• Ten RHS students were named finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship  Competition.
• 10 seniors were named Commended Students in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship  program.
• One RHS senior was named a 2023 Regeneron Scholar.
• 173 students were inducted into the National Honor Society.
• 114 students were inducted into the World Language Honor Society.
• Two RHS students placed third and fourth in the 2023 Long Island Junior Science and  Humanities Symposium.
• The Hilltop Beacon won second place in the Most Outstanding Newspaper category at the 2023 Quill Awards, with one student awarded first place for photography and two students awarded second place for their reporting.
• Five RHS students placed at the LI Science and Engineering Fair 2023— one advanced to nationals.
• Two RHS students received a 2023 NYIT Mini-Research Grant Award.
• 38 RMS students presented at the Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair 2022-2023.
• One RHS student was invited to present at the American Psychological Science Convention.
• The Roslyn Ethics Bowl Team placed second on Long Island.

• A tenth grade student received an Honorable Mention for her short fiction submission at the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

• An eleventh grade student won a Gold Medal in the poetry/writing category at the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Facility Completed Projects 

• The Marching Bulldogs won first place in their division at the 2022 NYS Band Conference Championship. 

• Three RHS musicians were selected for NYSSMA All-State.

• Six RMS and three elementary students were selected to participate in the Long Island String Festival Association’s Honors Orchestra.

• Nineteen RHS students were inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society. 

• The RHS Royal Crown players presented a fall performance of Peter and the Starcatcher and a spring performance of Newsies.

• RMS Spotlight presented a spring performance of Aladdin Jr.

• Thirteen RMS students were chosen to perform in the Nassau Music Educator’s Association All County Ensembles.

• Sixteen students were inducted into the Thespian Honor Society.

• Sixteen elementary students were selected for All County Music.
  
  

 

For the 2022-2023 school year, 70% of students in grades 10-12 enrolled in at least one AP course.

Roslyn High School will administer over 1,479 exams in Spring 2023.

For the 2021-2022 school year Roslyn High School students were awarded: 

• 120 AP Scholars – Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams
• 42 AP Scholars with Honor- Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams  
  
• 92 AP Scholars with Distinction - Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams  
• 1 AP International Diploma 
  Granted to students who display exceptional achievement across a variety of disciplines. (eligibility requirements listed here).

Class of 2023
National Merit Commended Scholars 10
National Merit Scholar Semifinalists 10
National Merit Scholar Finalists 10
 

The Roslyn Marching Band is the biggest competitive program in the New York State Field Band Conference with 185 members. 

• The band was recently promoted to Small School 1 which represents the highest level of competition for a small school in the entire conference. 
• At NYSFBC championships in Syracuse in 2022, the band received their highest placement and score in the history of the entire program. The band won first place and took home the NY State Governors Cup for the Small School 2 Division.
• The Roslyn Marching Band won the New York State Regional Championship at Lindenhurst High School in 2022 in Class 5A of the USBands Conference. 
  
  
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