Tarrytown Looking To Increase 2019-20 Spending By $1M

TARRYTOWN, NY — Voters in the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns district will be going to the polls Tuesday, May 21 to approve a $79 million budget for 2019-20. That is a 1.39 percent increase over the current spending package of $78 million, or an increase of a little more than $1 million.

District officials said the proposed tax levy increase of 2.44 percent is in compliance with the state tax levy cap.

Tax rate increases will different by municipality. Sleepy Hollow homeowners will pay an estimated tax rate of $1,515.22 per $1,000 of assessed value, for an increase of 0.31 percent.

Tarrytown homeowners who live in the Town of Greenburgh will pay an estimated $21.52 per $1,000 of assessed value — a decrease of 0.39 percent.

According to Board President Mimi Godwin, the proposed budget includes all extracurricular offerings, such as athletics, arts and clubs, as well as transportation services.

Curriculum alignment, staffing and professional development will be expanded across all areas, and the district will maintain its planned expansion of the Foreign Language in the Elementary School program into fourth grade.

In addition to the budget, voters will be asked to approve a bus proposition in the amount not to exceed $182,500 for one 70-passenger school bus and one 20-passenger van. The money, if approved, will be taken from the 2018-19 unassigned fund balance and will have no financial impact on the 2019-20 budget, officials said.

There are also two open seats on the board to be filled by the voters. The candidates are Kevin Miller, Charles Zekus, Ann Neilsen and incumbent Jennifer Liddy Green.

Tarrytown residents will vote at Washington Irving Intermediate School; Sleepy Hollow residents, at Winfield L. Morse School. The hours for both locations are from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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