Farmingdale 2020-21 School Budget Passes

FARMINGDALE, NY — Residents within the Farmingdale School District boundaries voted to approve the 2020-21 school budget by a margin of 4,591 votes to 2,873.

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Residents voted on the district's proposed $173,076,607 spending plan for the school year, a 1.16 percent increase from the current budget. To fund the increase, the district proposed a tax levy of $129,693,583 up 1.95 percent from the current year's.

Board of Education trustees Ralph Vincent Morales and Arlene Soete were re-elected after running unopposed.

This year, constituents voted by absentee ballot due to the coronavirus.