Wantagh and Seaford residents will have their say on Tuesday on more than $340 million worth of spending in three local districts for the 2015-16 school year.
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By Andrew Hackmack and Laura Schofer
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5/13/15
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The fate of the Levittown school budget is now in the hands of voters. The Board of Education unanimously adopted a $201.8 million budget that would increase spending by 1.54 percent for the 2015-16 school year if approved on May 19.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/1/15
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Island Park school district received an unpleasant surprise when it discovered that the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) monies it will receive from Bayview Nursing Home is half of what was originally thought.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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3/18/15
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Last week, the Lynbrook Board of Education held the second of two hearings on their proposed budget for the 2015-2016 school year, and asked residents to pass the largest tax levy increase possible …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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3/11/15
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The Long Beach School District began budget talks for the 2015-16 school year at the Feb. 10 Board of Education meeting, discussing two options for the spending plan and addressing the district’s fiscal health following the release of a state audit last month.
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By Matthew Ern
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2/26/15
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Tis the season of tax levies, enrollment projections and capital reserve funds. It’s school budget time . . .
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2/25/15
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Don’t spend school budget savings
To The Editor:
Long Island is a great place to grow up and live. We have everything: great restaurants, plenty of movie theaters, bowling alleys, great golf …
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2/25/15
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It’s time to address the elephant in the room: the school budget.
Every year it grows larger, and taxes go up. It seems to be an unsustainable system. But, unfortunately, there aren’t any …
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5/15/14
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Those who attended Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting entered the middle school auditorium unsure of what the 2014-15 district budget’s final spending and tax levy numbers would be, even …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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4/10/14
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District 24 school officials are hoping that the state comes through with more aid next year, after disappointing numbers in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s preliminary state budget, which was released in …
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/13/14
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