Malverne-West Hempstead-Lynbrook Residents Approve School Budgets

Residents in Malverne, West Hempstead and Lynbrook headed to the polls on Tuesday to vote for their school budgets and Boards of Education.

In Malverne, the $55.5 million budget passed 523 to 165. To fund the budget, the tax levy will be increasing 1.31 percent, from $41.4 million to $41.9 million. The district says it's one of the lowest levy increases on record.

In addition to the budget, Malverne residents also voted on two ballot propositions. Proposition 2, which would create a capital reserve fund for future projects, passed 543 to 146. Proposition 3, which would allow the Board of Education to purchase property next to the Davison Avenue school for future expansion, also passed, 516 to 180.

The West Hempstead budget also passed, 801 to 404. The $55.9 million spending plan will come with a 1.7 percent tax levy increase.

In Lynbrook, residents passed the $82.5 million budget 1,035 to 418. Residents also passed a serious of ballot propositions: Proposition 2, the expenditure of money to replace and upgrade the district's technology, passed 1,107 to 304. Proposition 3, which would allow the district to spend $1.185 million from the renovation fund for repairs to the high school and other buildings, also passed, 1,095 to 349. Proposition 4, extending the technology fund and increasing the total cash in it to $7.5 million, passed 1,031 to 400. And Proposition 5, which will allow the district to negotiate with All American Water to lay new pipes to improve water quality in schools, also passed, 1,148 to 221.

Residents also voted for their Board of Education trustees. In Malverne, two trustee candidates went unchallenged. Incument Danielle Hopkins received 496 votes and newcomer Phyllis Tinsley got 473 votes.

West Hempstead Board of Education Trustee Vincent Trocchia, who was running unopposed, received 804 votes. In a contest for an open seat, Joseph Magaraci defeated Nick Hoh, 752 to 353.

In Lynbrook, incumbents Alicemarie Bresnihan and Ellen Marcus ran unopposed and received 966 votes and 992 votes, respectively.

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