The school budget is the biggest investment the community collectively makes with its tax dollars. District leaders work to make the most effective use of resources to benefit students, to develop and manage the budget in a responsible and transparent manner and to be accountable to taxpayers.

Each spring the board of education adopts a budget for the coming school year for a community vote. New York state has designated the third Tuesday in May as the date for school budget votes.

• Yes: 88 votes

• No: 58 votes
  Result: Passed

The approved $10,394,747 budget represents a $603,167, or 6.16% increase over the current budget and a $47,167, or 1.50% increase in the tax levy.

Voters approved the district's proposition to establish a new capital reserve fund with an anticipated term of 10 years and a total amount of $1,500,000. This fund will be created to defray the cost of the construction, reconstruction and equipping of school district buildings, facilities, and land, including original equipment, machinery, apparatus, appliances, furnishings, land acquisitions, and other incidental improvements and expenses. The Board of Education is hereby authorized to pay funds from the available fund balance, state aid reimbursement to the school district on account of capital projects, such other monies as the voters may direct, and/or other legally available funds of the School District to such reserve fund in an amount determined by the Board of Education up to the maximum authorized amount. The vote was 90 to 54.

Voters approved the proposition for the district to use $141,849 for the purchase of a passenger bus, as well as related equipment and apparatus, in line with the district’s goal to maintain a safe and efficient bus fleet. The vote was 93 to 53.

Voters approved the proposition for the district to use $65,000 for the purchase of a pupil transport vehicle, inclusive of the necessary furnishing fixtures and equipment and all other associated costs. The vote was 84 to 61.

Three candidates were elected to the Board of Education:

• Darwin Kelley, Jr. (incumbent): 121 votes

• Nicholas Cicchinelli (incumbent): 116 votes

• Connie Dashno (write-in candidate): 44 votes

The budget notice can be accessed here.

A community budget newsletter was mailed out in the beginning of May.