What’s Next for the Wantagh School District?

From the Wantagh School District Website,

Total School Budget:

Actual, 2007/2008: 60,079,250

Proposed, 2008/2009: 64,735,634 (7.75% Increase)

What happens in the event the budget is not approved?

By law the Board must adopt a contingency budget which cannot exceed the lesser of the CPI multiplied by 120% or 4 %. The mandated approximate $1.5 million of additional cuts would involve loss of teaching staff (larger class sizes), district sports, extracurricular clubs, students’ supplies, community use of buildings and grounds, equipment, after-school programs and many course offerings.

To read the failed Wantagh School District 2008/9 school year budget click here: http://wantaghschools.org/Board_of_Ed/0809Wantaghbudget.pdf

Wantagh School District Budget Re-Vote Fails

The 2008/2009 Wantagh Union Free School District Budget Re-Vote has Failed.

Re-Vote Results

NO: 2,812

YES: 2,330

May 20, Voting Results

No: 1692

Yes: 1566

Wantagh School District Re-Vote, Today

Today, June 17, the Wantagh Union Free School District will try again to pass the proposed 2008/2009 Budget.

Time: 6AM-9PM

Locations: Elementary Schools

2008/09 Budget: http://wantaghschools.org/Board_of_Ed/0809Wantaghbudget.pdf

For more information go to the Wantagh School District’s Homepage: http://wantaghschools.org/

Wantagh Schools announce Contingency Budget Meeting

The Wantagh School District has announced that they will hold a  Board of Education Contingency Budget Meeting next week.

Wantagh School District 2008/2009 Budget Fails

The Wantagh Union Free School District failed to pass it’s proposed 2008/2009 school year budget.

Voting Results-

Yes: 1566

No: 1692

GET OUT AND VOTE

Today, May 20, is School Budget Vote Day for all Long Island School Districts. Island-wide, proposed school budgets are at the lowest increase in over a decade. Some districts will vote on new propositions and school board members.

As of 8 AM, the following polling locations are open; Bellmore, Merrick, Seaford and Wantagh School Districts. The other districts will open by mid-day; most will close by 9 or 10 PM.

Library Budget Results; Seaford Vote Today

Wantagh News has found out the results of yesterday’s public library budget votes.

Island Trees Public Library: Passed, 133-65.
Levittown Public Library: Passed, 240-80.
Wantagh Public Library: Passed. TBA.

The Seaford Public Library will have their budget vote today, April 9, from 1 to 9 PM.

The Merrick Public Library will have their vote on the 17th and North Merrick Public Library on the 13th.

Library Budget Vote Tomorrow

Tomorrow, April 8th, is Public Library Budget Vote Day for most area libraries.

Those who are registered and live in Wantagh School District can cast their vote at the Wantagh Public Library Community Room, 3285 Park Avenue, from 1 PM to 9 PM. The proposed 2008/09 budget is to increase 2.98% from last year. An average increase of $7.81 per homeowner; overall the average cost will be $277.80. An outline of the budget can be found here on their website at http://www.wantaghlibrary.org/Budget_issue.pdf .

Those who are registered and live in the Levittown School District can cast their vote at the Levittown Public Library Reference Department, 1 Bluegrass Lane , from 12 PM to 9 PM. An election of a Library Trustee is also being held.

Those who are registered and live in the Seaford School District can cast their vote on Wednesday at the Seaford Public Library from 1 PM to 9 PM. The proposed 2008/09 budget is to increase 3.86% from last year. An average increase of $10.90 per homeowner. An outline of the budget can be found here on their website at http://www.nassaulibrary.org/seaford/budget0809.htm

For Merrick Public Library, the budget vote date is April 17th from 9 AM to 9 PM. An outline of the budget can be found here http://www.merricklibrary.org/NewsLetter/Budget%20Information-1.htm

For the North Merrick Public Library, the budget vote date is April 14th from 10 AM to 9 PM.

Bellmore and North Bellmore Public Libraries already held their budget votes last week.