Three Village 2020-21 School Budget Passes Handily

SETAUKET, NY — Residents within the Three Village Central School District boundaries voted to approve the 2020-21 school budget by a margin of 6,096 votes to 3,135.

Residents voted on the district's proposed $218,840,108 spending plan for the school year, a 1.75 percent increase from the current budget. To fund the increase, the district proposed a tax levy of $162,004,770 up 1.96 percent from the current year's.

The Board of Education winners are Inger Germano (4,727 votes), Irene Gische (4,506), and Jeffrey Kerman (4,479). They defeated Shaorui Li (3,722), David McKinnon (3,799) and Vinny Menten (2,810).

This year, constituents voted by absentee ballot due to the coronavirus.