No cuts to programs or staff are in place for Dunkirk’s 2021-2022 school budget.

At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting the upcoming budget was happily announced as the state aid info was finally in to help get the numbers together for the district.

“We do not need to dip into our reserves,” Superintendent Mike Mansfield stated. “This is good news. If the state follows through with the statute of full phase foundation aid over the next three years it could really help us in avoiding excessing our fund balance and reserves for another year or two.”

The budget is totalling $51,413,792, which is a little over a 3% increase. The increase is primarily driven by the special education needs and English as a New Language services, occupational education enrollment and computer instruction.

Complete story in Thursday’s edition.