East Rockaway to present $37.3 million budget

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Proposition 4 has to do with establishing a Capital Reserve Fund for Building and Improvements II for building repairs and improvements, totaling $2 million for the next 10 years. The source of the funding will be Annual transfer of surplus money, if any, from the district’s general fund unassigned fund balance to exceed $200,000 in any given year.

Proposition 5 would be the establishment of a Capital Reserve Fund for Tech replacement II, also for $2 million over 10 years, with similar stipulations.

Moving forward

“The district is moving forward,” said Superintendent Lisa Ruiz. “And we are going to be creating a vision and specific goals by creating at strategic planning committee in the fall.” She said that community members and parents will be included in the discussions. “That way, we can tie these plans into the budgets over a five-year period. We welcome parental input — when parents get involved, scores go up.”

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