At its August 18 meeting, the Board of Education set the tax rates for the upcoming school year after receiving final figures from each of the towns within the BKW school district.

Tax rates are affected primarily by property assessments, as well as your town’s equalization rate, a percentage level set by the state that compares property assessments in your town to real estate market value. To read more about equalization rates, go to the New York State Office of Real Property Services Web site.

The tax rates are as follows. All figures are per $1,000 of assessed value:

Berne  $27.582442

Knox  $29.143121

Westerlo  $1,980.237700

New Scotland  $16.435494

Middleburgh  $24.134147

Wright  $21.909013

Rensselaerville  $29.703565