Doctor Heather Tremblay-Croteau, PT, DPT, CSCS, BKW parent

Lorraine Hogan, East Berne/Delmar

Paul Gumpper, BKW parent

Joan Adriance, Knox

Kimberly Lovell, President, Berne-Knox-Westerlo Board of Education

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo Board of Education needs more than 60 percent of district residents to vote “yes” for a tax-cap piercing budget on June 18, or else will have to move to a contingency budget that could result in cuts to after-school and athletic programs, among others. 

Two town board members are already in opposition, with one, Josh Beers, saying he feels the savings is too minor and that it could be motivated by political vendettas. Supervisor Matthew Kryzak, who made the proposal and said there had been conversations about this as far back as 2021, denies this. A public hearing is scheduled for June 18 at 6 p.m.

Lauren Murphy, BKW student

Henry Ferguson, BKW freshman

Henry Gumpper, BKW eighth-grader