Lindenhurst residents approved the school district’s $146.37 million proposed budget on Tuesday by a margin of 1,677-650.
The budget includes a 0.47 percent increase in spending over the current year and carries a 1.48 percent tax levy increase, which is within the state's tax cap. The average Lindenhurst homeowner will pay about $140 additional in school taxes next year.
School board incumbents Valerie McKenna and Sean McNeilly ran unopposed and were re-elected. Incumbent Edward J. Murphy Jr. defeated former board trustee Julie Bartolomeo by a margin of 1,304-812.
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