District overview
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Croydon is a small Sullivan County town that is its own school district and its own SAU (SAU 99). Since September 2026 the town's only school, Croydon Village School (the one-room "Little Red" schoolhouse), teaches just preschool and kindergarten. For grades 1-12 the district pays tuition to a school each family chooses, with Kearsarge Regional School District as the guaranteed default (anchor). Most of the budget is therefore tuition and busing, paid mainly by local property taxes plus state aid. Voters approve the budget at the annual district meeting in March.
Down 1% from 2025-26. Tuition for grades 1-12 is about $1.21 million and busing $156,564.
Croydon pays up to $17,000 (grades 1-8) or $18,000 (grades 9-12) in 2026-27; families pay any amount above the cap at pricier schools.
Aaron McKeon (chair), Amanda Leslie and Samantha Nelson serve three-year terms elected at the March town and school election.
After the Senior Education Officer resigned in June 2026, a part-time business administrator, a part-time special education lead and a program coordinator share the work.
School choice is a long-standing, voter-backed model in Croydon, and the board reports lower costs and more options. The records do not show whether students do better or worse under it.
Down about $90,000 (6%) from 2025-26, before special warrant articles.
Total enrollment planned at 87, up from 83. In August 2026 the board listed students at 12 schools, including 16 at Kearsarge and 24 at Sunapee.
2 preschoolers and 10 kindergartners.
The board's slides show about $27,309 per student at the village school and $22,955 for school choice in 2026-27.
Voters in March 2026 let the board expand the school using grants or reserve funds. Croydon was earmarked $1.17 million in federal USDA money (with a 25% match). The board hired architects and engineers in October 2026.
Federal USDA Community Facilities earmark ($1.17M) plus local match/reserves
Roof, brickwork, belfry, portico, floors, ADA, life safety, air conditioning and paving were finished before school opened September 1, 2026.
2025 voter-approved bond/bank note ($250,000 borrowed) and a $128,000 state LCHIP grant
A $50,000 Byrne Foundation gift will pay for new playground equipment; the board deferred a full overhaul to next year.
Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation donation
Croydon
Voters decide whether to cap growth in local school property taxes for two years at inflation plus new construction and limit SAU central office spending to 6% of appropriations. Needs a 3/5 majority; can be overridden by a 3/5 vote at the annual district meeting.
Official source · verified Oct 30, 2026
Practical guides to school phone policies, district budgets, and administrator hiring.
Explore resources →Collected from the district's WordPress website (croydonsd.org): every school board meeting page with minutes from November 2025 to October 2026, YouTube recordings embedded on regular meeting pages (auto-captions), the March 2026 district meeting warrant, proposed budget, signed minutes and town report, the February 2026 budget hearing slides, district policies changed in the past year, the strategic plan, and district news posts.
We read every agenda, packet, recording, and set of minutes, and write up the decisions that affect families — each one linked to the document it came from.
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