District overview

Schodack Central School District

How Schodack schools are governed, funded, and changing.

Who makes district decisions?

An elected school board governs two schools

Schodack Central School District is governed by a locally elected Board of Education. The board adopts policy and the proposed operating budget, oversees the superintendent, and authorizes contracts and capital work; district voters decide the annual budget and ballot propositions.

Two-school district

The district operates Castleton Elementary School and Maple Hill Junior/Senior High School.

Voters approve the budget

The board adopted a $31.05 million 2026-27 proposal, and district voters approved it in May 2026.

Public decision record

The district posts approved minutes and recordings in a long-running official archive.

The minutes summarize budget presentations but do not include every presentation attachment, so they establish decisions more clearly than every underlying projection.

Where the district stands

Approved 2026-27 operating budgetverified

31.05 million dollars

NCES district enrollmentcontext

870 students

Context from the current NCES district record used for identity and school matching.

Budget per NCES studentcontext

35,690 dollars

Context calculation: $31.05 million divided by 870 students. This is not an official per-pupil expenditure figure and includes districtwide costs.

New capital reserve authorizationverified

6 million dollars

Major projects

District Office electrical-service project

Construction underway in spring 2026

The board approved a $228,506 construction contract for electrical-service reconstruction. By June, work included two change orders for removing a manhole and installing a catch basin under the transformer.

Next: Later board records should show completion of the electrical work and whether the schedule or total cost changes.

Mar 19, 2026Board approved Gallo Construction's $228,506 base bid.
May 19, 2026District reported contractor mobilization and expected site work through June.
Jun 11, 2026Board approved change orders of $2,400.46 and $22,924.51.

Funding

District capital project funds; the minutes identify the contract and change-order amounts but do not give a complete project budget.

All 13 approved board-minute records collected for the trailing year were reviewed chronologically. Official outcomes are drawn from the approved minutes; calculations are labeled as context.

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