Voters Easily Approve Long Beach School Budget, New Member Elected to BOE

Long Beach residents approved a 2016-17 school budget on Tuesday.

The $135.5 million budget was approved by a margin of 1,833 to 856. The budget is a 2.7 percent spending increase over the current year and it comes with a 1.68 percent hike in the school tax levy.

Voters also elected Perry Bodnar to the Long Beach Board of Education to a three-year term with a total of 1,622 votes. He beat out incumbent Roy J. Lester who received 1,199 votes.