Thursday, October 1, 2026
Uniondale voters passed the school district’s proposed $286 million budget for the 2025-26 academic year in Tuesday’s election with 616 votes.
The budget is designed to maintain current educational programs, support staffing levels, and invest in technology upgrades across the district’s schools.
As for the board trustee seats, both Addie Blanco-Harvey, who garnered 625 votes, and Alvin McDaniel, who had the support of 513 voters, ran unopposed and will take up their positions once again in the upcoming school year.
The distric’s spending plan included a 2.5 percent hike in the tax levy, which amounts to a $3.3 million increase from the current year.
In addition, voters passed a separate proposition to spend up to $1.5 million from the Capital Reserve Fund, by a vote of 640 to 156.
These funds will be used for capital improvement projects including installing new heavy-duty safety fencing at Grand Avenue School, repairing sidewalks and parking lots at Northern Parkway, Turtle Hook Middle School, Walnut Street School and Uniondale High School, upgrading exterior LED lighting at multiple campuses, and installing new well pumps and irrigation systems at several athletic fields.
The district plans to begin work on the capital improvements this summer; with completion expected before the 2025-26 school year begins.
