Schools

Voters Approve Bethpage School Budget, Board Members Elected

Bethpage residents headed to the polls Tuesday.

Bethpage residents approved a 2016-17 school budget on Tuesday.

The $82,151,583 budget was approved by an 82 percent margin. The budget is a 1.17 percent increase in spending over the current year and it comes with a 0.17 percent tax levy decrease.

Voters also elected the below three candidates to the Bethpage Board of Education. Three incumbent Board members were all re-elected.

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  • Kurt Spears
  • Marie Swierkowski
  • John Lonardo

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