Schools
East Meadow 2013-14 School Budget Vote Set For Tuesday
Residents can cast their vote for the budget and school board candidates.
The East Meadow School Distict's 2013-14 school budget vote and school board election will take place on Tuesday.
The proposed budget is $188,239,972, a 1.83 percent increase over the 2012-13 budget. The amount of money collected from taxpayers would be a 2.49 increase of $131 million.
School board officials said that no school programs will be cut in the proposed budget.
"This budget represents one of the smallest budget increases in the district's history," Superintendent Louis DeAngelo said. "We worked hard to put together a budget plan that is fair to all of our students."
Three incumbents filed petitions for school board elections.
Candidates for the three open seats are School Board President Joseph Parisi and trustees Jeffrey Rosenking and Marcee Rubinstein.
Polls for voting will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Barnum Woods Elementary School, Bowling Green Elementary School, McVey Elementary School, Meadowbrook Elementary School and Parkway Elementary School.
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