The school board adopted a 4.2 percent property tax hike for the 2026–27 school year, ending an enduring “severe financial crisis.” Ferrandez voted against the measure.
Faced with a $16 million deficit, the Bensalem School Board took action by eliminating over 30 staff positions — including nine administrative roles and nearly two dozen instructional staff — and drew $1.9 million from its fund balance to help close the deficit.
Hart said that she is hopeful that once school doors open and the school buses roll in, the focus will be on teachers and staff once again serving students.
“Classrooms will once again be filled with students learning, growing, creating, and discovering who they are,” Hart said. “To every teacher, paraprofessional, administrator, counselor, secretary, custodian, bus driver, food service worker, and staff member across Bensalem Township School District, thank you for the work you have already done to prepare for this year, and for everything you will do in the months ahead.”