Voter's Guide: Harborfields School Budget, Board Election

Harborfields residents will vote on the school district’s $82,859,569 proposed budget for the 2016-17 school year on Tuesday, May 17.

The proposal calls for a 2.96 percent increase in spending over the current year and a 1.52 percent tax levy increase, which exceeds the tax levy cap of 0.37 percent. This tax levy increase, however, is the lowest increase in 20 years and includes a full-day kindergarten program for next year. Exceeding the tax levy cap means the budget must be approved by 60 percent.

Read more about the proposed budget and voter information on the district’s website here.

Five candidates are running for two open seats on the Harborfields Board of Education. Candidates include:

• Marge Acosta
• Christopher Kelly
• Hansen Lee
• Joseph Savaglio
• Coleen Wolcott

Residents can vote at Oldfield Middle School auditorium, located at 2 Oldfield Road in Greenlawn. Polls are open from 2-9 p.m.

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