Jim Planck reports in The Daily Mail the Hunter-Tannersville Central School District Board of Education adopted its budget for the coming school year, Thurs., Apr. 18. The district's 2013-14 spending plan totals nearly $13.9 million, an increase of more than five percent over the current year. The budget will require a four percent tax increase. HTC Superintendent of Schools Dr. Patrick Darfler-Sweeney said the budget development process was not easy. “We have fiscal constraints," he said. At the same time, he stressed, it was a priority to not affect student opportunity for learning. The budget public hearing will be held May 14, at Hunter Elementary School. The annual budget vote and school board elections are May 21. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.