Schools

Wantagh School Budget Approved

BREAKING: Check out the results for the budget, and see who's on the Board of Education.

(Patch)

Wantagh residents approved the school district's budget in a vote Tuesday night.

The proposed $79,806,470 budget was approved 1,486 to 447. It came with a 2.93 percent tax levy increase.

This year, there are four people running for two seats on the Board of Education. Two incumbents were running. Kera McLoughlin earned 972 votes and was returned to her seat. However, Peter Mountanos was narrowly defeated by challenger Laura Reich, who earned 926 votes to Mountanos' 922. The fourth candidate, Tara Cassidy, received 824 votes.

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