Deer Park School Budget Vote, Trustee Election Results Are In

Deer Park residents easily approved a 2016-17 school budget on Tuesday.

The $107.64 million budget was approved by a margin of 909-243. The budget is a 0.29 percent spending increase over the current year and it comes with a 0.95 percent hike in the school tax levy.

Voters also returned John Gouskos, Keith Rooney and Kristine Rosales to the Deer Park Board of Education. The incumbents all ran unopposed for new three-year terms.