Residents
approve $70.1 million district
budget for the 2008-09 school year
Voters in the Niskayuna Central School District
approved the district's proposed 2008-09 budget
on Tuesday, May 20. The final tally was 1,392
yes to 1,050 no votes. Results were
announced shortly after polls at the high school closed
at 9 p.m.
The $70,086,240 budget for next year is
expected to increase the tax levy by an
estimated 3.48 percent for residents in
Niskayuna.
Voters also approved a bus proposition allowing
the district to
purchase four new 66-passenger buses and five
30-passenger buses. That vote total was 1,581 yes to 850 no votes.
In the Board of Education race, incumbents Terry
Weiner and Deb Oriola were re-elected to
three-year terms. Board candidate vote tallies
were as follows:
Deb Oriola — 1,116
Terry Weiner — 1,008
Peter Glaser — 870
Robert Gardner — 853
Ronald Anzalone — 480
Quick facts about the proposed school budget are
available
here. For more detailed information, download the May
edition of
Your Schools.(Note:
this is a PDF document).
Residents
approve $70.1 million district
budget for the 2008-09 school year