Oyster Bay-East Norwich School Budget Passes

OYSTER BAY, NY--Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District voters approved a 2019-20 school budget on Tuesday.

The $58,748,267 proposed budget was approved by a margin of 658-230. The budget is a 1.98 percent increase from the current year's. It's accompanied by a 1.92 percent bump in the tax levy. That is below the district's tax levy cap, so the budget only needed to be approved by a majority vote.

Voters passed Proposition 2 by a 667-206 count, allowing the use of $686,000 from a technology capital reserve fund for a new districtwide telephone system and upgraded interactive boards and other equipment. A cabling upgrade and conduit project would also continue. The tax levy will remain unaffected.

Proposition 3 passed by a 684-209 count, which authorizes the spending of $972,000 from the capital reserve fund for air conditioning in classrooms across the district, as well as other technological enhancements and replacements at schools throughout the district.

Todd Cronin (610) and Laurie Kowalsky (644), both incumbents, ran unopposed for two seats on the school board.