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Herricks Board of Education Notebook: Aug. 9

Other news from the August 9 board of education meeting.

Posted Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 1:42 pm ET|Updated Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:22 am ET

The Herricks Board of Education held a meeting on Thursday, August 9. Here are some of the things you may have missed.

Tax Anticipation Notes

The tax levy for the 2012-2013 school year has been set at $89,429,579, which is a tax increase of 2.88 percent.
The board approved of the sale of $9 million in tax anticipation notes at a net interest rate of 0.2695 percent for the 2012-2013 school year.

Donations

A gift of $2,041.20 from the Herricks Athletic Boosters was accepted by the board to buy tennis wind screens.
Another gift of $3,577 from the Herricks Athletic Boosters was accepted to get a Smith Press machine for the ’s fitness room.

Other Board News

The board approved a measure to put $1,017,162 in the worker’s compensation reserve fund as of June 30.
A joint adult education program between Herricks and the Roslyn School District was approved by the board.
An initial contract for services with BOCES for the 2012-2013 school year to the tune of $3,172,064.50 was approved by the board.

The next meeting of the Herricks Board of Education will be on Thursday, August 23 at 7:15 p.m. at the .