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In the fight against bureaucracy, the taxpayer wins

Last week, taxpayers across Long Island voted on their school districts’ proposed budgets. There are 124 school districts across Long Island, and 95 percent of their spending plans passed. more

5/31/13

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Trustee Skip Haile, of North Merrick, said last week that many people are under the mistaken impression that Governor Cuomo’s tax-levy cap will freeze their property taxes when it will not. At the same time, he said, it will force the Central District to ‘cut to the bone.’

Central officials: District must cut $11M in four years

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District must slash an estimated $11 million over the next four years to meet New York state’s recently imposed 2 percent property-tax levy cap, said Cynthia Strait-Regal, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, at a Feb. 29 Board of Education meeting. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 3/5/12

Get ready — here comes Cuomo's tax cap

The Middle Country School District in Suffolk County faces a $10.3 million budget deficit in 2012-13 because of Governor Cuomo’s vaunted 2 percent property-tax levy cap, so Middle Country is considering eliminating its pre-school program, reducing full-day kindergarten to a half-day and axing sports and after-school clubs for middle and high school students, according to News12. more

1/19/12

Committee: Gunther should be school to close

North Bellmore School District’s Committee to Explore Educational Options came to the decision to recommend closing Gunther School Wednesday evening. The announcement came at the committee’s public meeting at Saw Mill School. Following a discussion of which of the six elementary schools made the most sense to close, the 21-member committee put the decision up to a vote. Twelve of the board members voted for closing Gunther as the most viable option. more

Deirdre Krasula | 11/16/11

Officials announced that one of six North Bellmore elementary schools will close starting next fall. The announcement came in the face of a state-imposed property-tax levy cap that will take effect in 2012. Above, North Bellmore students headed off to class on the first day of school in September.

N. Bellmore officials: One school will close

One of six North Bellmore elementary schools will close starting next fall, officials announced at the Oct. 13 North Bellmore Board of Education meeting. more

By Deirdre Krasula | 10/14/11

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