Schools

Sayville School Budget Vote, Trustee Election Results Are In

Sayville residents headed to the polls Tuesday.

Sayville residents easily approved a 2016-17 school budget on Tuesday.

The $90.12 million budget was approved by a margin of 1,298-205. The budget is a 0.8 percent spending increase over the current year and it comes with a 0.8 percent hike decrease (yes, really, a decrease) in the school tax levy.

Voters also returned Norman de Venau and Maureen Dolan to the Sayville Board of Education. The incumbents ran unopposed for new three-year terms.

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