Cobleskill-Richmondville Monday night firmed up cuts in sports programs in preparation for the June 19 budget vote Monday.
The sports cuts, plus others, lower C-R's tax-levy increase to the state-allowed 2.72 percent in the district's revised 2012-13 budget.
Voting on Tuesday will be from 7am to 9pm at Golding and Radez schools.
School board members and administrators earlier announced cuts totaling $256,712 from the budget voters defeated May 15. Those cuts included retirements that will be left unfilled, BOCES services and unemployment costs, among others.
Earlier, board members also listed a $90,000 cut in sports but didn't specify what they would be until Monday night. They made a similar cut last year, eliminating all modified sports and some varsity sports.
Proposed to be cut this year are junior varsity sports in boys' and girls' soccer, baseball and softball.
Students who normally play JV in those sports will still have opportunities, Superintendent Lynn Macan said.
Ninth-graders, who would normally play JV, will move down to modified; 10th-graders, also usually on JV teams, will move up to varsity.
In other cuts, there will be no modified girls' volleyball, wrestling, football, track or cross country.
Unlike last year, however, some modified sports remain, so "this still provides opportunities for students," Ms. Macan said.
Varsity sports to be cut are boys' volleyball, golf, bowling and boys' and girls' tennis.
Board members and administrators made the cuts after consulting with athletic directors and coaches, Ms. Macan said.
Ms. Macan said C-R received $13,000 in Jobs Fund money, so the sports cuts amounted to $77,000 and weren't as deep as they might have been.

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Reviewing the budget Monday night, Ms. Macan said the budget doesn't layoff any teachers, nor does it eliminate any programs in the school day.
She also praised the district and community for working on the budget.
"This is an exemplary school district, enjoying the commitment of the public community, faculty and staff," Ms. Macan said.
Adding that "there's no question we've come across a rough patch," Ms. Macan noted that the budget process has been "give-and-take," balancing the community's ability to pay with the needs of education.
A budget defeat June 19 may upset that balance, some school officials believe.
If voters defeat the revised budget June 19, C-R must cut an additional $383,656 to have no levy increase.
Such a required cut would likely force reductions in programming during the school day, Ms. Macan said in a statement in C-R's upcoming budget newsletter.

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Also on Tuesday's ballot will be a proposition to buy three school buses.
Voters defeated a proposition to buy four buses on May 15.
If approved, the new proposition would buy three buses for no more than $337,961.