East Rockaway School District officials have been able to shave $113,000 from their original proposed budget of $33, 450, 435 that was voted down by residents on May 18 with a vote of 624-597.
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Mary Malloy
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6/2/10
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Voters turned down the proposed East Rockaway School District budget with a vote of 624-597. Propositions 2 and 3, however, passed with votes of 623-462 and 598-473 respectively."This is the …
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Mary Malloy
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5/18/10
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The East Rockaway School District still has one more budget hearing before its Board of Education votes to adopt the 2010-11 spending plan, but as of now, it contains a 2.19 percent budget increase from the current year's plan with a tax levy increase in the range of 2.76 to 4.76 percent. School officials said that since the state has not finalized its budget, state aid numbers can change, and that can change the tax levy.
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Anthony Bottan
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3/24/10
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Kindergarten students at Rhame Avenue School were treated to a visit from their district Superintendent Dr. R Melucci who read to Mrs. C. Cartmell-Moy and Mrs. K. Callaghan’s Kindergarten classes for the 100th day of school.
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3/3/10
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The East Rockaway school district stands to lose more than $500,000 in state aid for the 2010-11 school year if Gov. David Paterson’s proposed statewide cuts to close a burgeoning state deficit become a reality.
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Anthony Bottan
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2/24/10
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With the state’s deficit nearing a $4 billion, and amid what officials call a “cash-flow crunch,” Gov. David Paterson has ordered $750 million in reductions in scheduled December payments to help keep the current-year budget balanced.
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Anthony Bottan
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12/16/09
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