COPES CORNERS – The Gilbertsville-Mt.Upton school board has adopted a budget for the upcoming school year.

Superintendent Doug Exley said “within the past three years the district has seen a 5.2 total increase in the tax levy, meaning year to year, we can handle a large number of expenditures and keep the levy down.”

The budget, scheduled to be voted on May 20, totals $7,995,068, with a 6.6 percent expenditure increase from last year.