LYNBROOK: School spending plan deserves approval

This is the third time since the state implemented the tax levy cap that the Lynbrook School District has crafted a budget that comes in below the cap. At 1.46 percent, this is one of the district’s lowest tax levy increase in decades.
Due to reductions in debt service, the district managed to keep all programs and services in the proposed spending plan, which, at $77.2 million, is 1.36 percent larger than the current budget. We urge voters to approve it.
Two additional propositions will be on the ballot. Proposition 2 would appropriate $300,000 from the technology replacement reserve fund to continue updating classroom computers and projectors, among other projects. There is $1.1 million in the reserve now.
Proposition 3 would allocate a little over $2 million of the $4.5 million in the Capital Reserve and Renovation and Improvement Facilities Fund to replace the boiler at the high school, to add air conditioning to the general-purpose room at South Middle School and to continue work on previously approved projects at North Middle School, including resodding the athletic field at a cost of $775,000.
Neither proposition will affect the budget or the tax levy.

Keep incumbents Bresnihan and Marcus on the school board
Longtime Board of Education Trustee Alicemarie Bresnihan is running for her 14th term. Currently serving as the board’s president, she has maintained an interest in the goings-on of the school district long after her own children moved on. She is respected by other members of the board, and her experience, expertise and energy make her a valuable asset to the group.
Ellen Marcus is seeking a third term on the board. She says she has learned a lot in the past six years, and would like to continue working on behalf of the district in what she describes as a very important position.
The Herald endorses both Bresnihan and Marcus.