Wantagh budget passes, Fisher and Cassidy re-elected to Board of Education

The results for the Wantagh 2023-24 school budget are in, and the budget has passed. Adam Fisher and Tara Cassidy have been re-elected to the Board of Education.

The results are as follows:

• Budget – $89,497,546
  • Yes 1,554
  • No 657

Budget passes

• Proposition 2 – Expend from existing Capital Reserve Fund
  • Yes: 1,584
  • No: 524

Proposition passes

• Board of Education – 2 seats, 3-year terms
  • Tara Cassidy (incumbent): 1,466
  • Adam Fisher (incumbent): 1,270

Cassidy and Fisher elected

For Wantagh residents north of Jerusalem Avenue, zoned for Levittown Schools, the Levittown School District passed its budget as well. The numbers for that are as follows:

• Proposition 1: Budget - $251,792,906
• YES:        1,159
• NO:        625

Budget passes.

• Proposition 2: Expenditure of Funds from 2013, 2017, and 2021 Capital Reserves
• • YES:        1,197
  • NO:        520

Proposition 2 passes.

• Proposition 3: Creation of a new 2023 Capital Reserve
  • YES:        1,165
  • NO:        540

Proposition 3 passes.

• Board of Education – Three Seats
  • Jennifer Messina (incumbent): 1205 
  • Michael Pappas (incumbent): 1310
  • Phyllis Dalton: 1084
• Jennifer Messina, Michael Pappas and Phyllis Dalton elected.