Wednesday, May 18, 2011

School Budget fails in NT School District

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By: Sarah Seweryniak

Residents in the North Tonawanda School District rejected a proposed $65 million school budget Tuesday, May 17.

The budget, which included cuts to staff and programs had a 1,121 to 813 vote.

Board members must now decide if they should amend to budget plan and have another vote or accept a contingency budget, which would include more mandated cuts to the district.

The $64,633,961 budget that voters did not vote through came with a tax levy of 1.95 percent.

The board will have until June to amend the budget or go with a contingency.

As for the board of education, incumbent Frank DiBernardo was re-elected, receiving 1,059 votes.

Also elected was Donna Braun, who won with 1,177 votes and Colleen Osborn with 989 votes.

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1 comment:

  1. There is no way they should be spending that much on education when the amount of money they spend now is going to waste.

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