The Wantagh education board has adopted an $89.4 million spending plan for 2023-24, and residents will go to the polls on May 16 to determine if they want to approve it.
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By Michael Malaszczyk
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4/13/23
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When it comes to school budgets, the views of the taxpayers are typically front and center.
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By Michael Malaszczyk
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4/6/23
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Nassau County’s ongoing mission to address the opioid addiction crisis is one of the most important and most heart-wrenching issues I contend with . . .
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By Delia DeRiggi-Whitton
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8/11/22
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The Wantagh Union Free School District’s $82.7 million 2021-22 spending plan overwhelmingly passed Tuesday.Roughly 2,950 residents, or about 70 percent of total voters, cast “yes” …
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By Kate Nalepinski
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6/15/21
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After the Wantagh Union Free School District failed to garner a supermajority of 60 percent of voters for its roughly $83.5 million 2021-22 budget, which would have pierced the district’s tax-levy cap with a 3.82 percent increase, the Board of Education held a planning session last Friday to discuss how the district could move forward.
With two main options on the table — moving straight to a contingency budget or putting the proposed budget up for a revote — the Board of Education chose the latter.
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By Jennifer Corr
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5/27/21
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Nassau County recently announced that it finished 2020 with a surplus of $75 million (subject to some adjustment, but it’s a reasonable number to work with). Sounds like good news, right? Not so fast.
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By Howard Kopel
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4/15/21
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The Wantagh community is currently at a crossroad.
The current version of the 2021-2022 Wantagh School District budget presented to the public is valued at about $83.5 million, a 2.82 percent change from last year’s budget. And the estimated tax levy to support this budget is approximately $64.1 million, representing a 4.80 percent change from the current tax levy.
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By Jennifer Corr
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4/2/21
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With a total of 2,800 votes cast, Wantagh Schools’ $81 million budget was approved by voters by a margin of nearly three to one — 2,048-753. Incumbent Board of Education Trustee and Vice …
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By Timothy Denton
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6/17/20
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Saying “No New Yorker should have to choose between their health and their right to vote,” N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered mail-in ballots in local school elections to be counted if received by June 16.
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6/7/20
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The Wantagh Union Free School District Board of Education, advised by its professional team of Superintendent John McNamara and Associate Superintendent for Business Anthony Cedrone, has passed …
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By Timothy Denton
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6/4/20
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