PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE SLATED FOR SCHOOL BUDGET.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer

, dips into relief fund

``The board decided to maintain our programs intact and roll it all over into the next year with no changes,'' LeForestier said.

The tax increase to shore up the revenue side of the budget, which is expected to lose 5 to 6 percent in state aid next year, was eased some by the district dipping into their Main Avenue School Tax Relief Fund. That fund was established to offset tax increases after the July 2000 sale of the Main Avenue School in Wynantskill for $980,000 to the town of North Greenbush. The …