East Meadow Passes Budget, Votes for Full-Day Kindergarten

East Meadow residents approved the school district’s $192.85 million proposed 2015-16 budget Tuesday 4,620-1,350. The budget passed in a landslide with 77.93 percent of the vote.

The budget includes a .90 percent increase in spending over the current year and carries a 2.13 percent tax levy increase.

Incumbent Brian O’Flaherty kept his seat on the Board of Education, garnering 2,752 votes against Adam Sackowitz’s 2,470. Melissa Tell unseated incumbent Walter Skinner, earning 2,608 votes against Skinner’s 2,576.

Proposition No. 2 to add full-day kindergarten also passed 4,019-2048 votes.

More budget details here.

Are you happy with the results? Sound off in the comments section below.

• Sign up for your local Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts here

More on Patch:

• Man Charged with Swiping Glove at Islanders Game
• Cops Searching for Teen Who Exposed Himself in N. Massapequa
• Man Charged in East Rockaway Bank Robbery
• WATCH: Officer Rescues Duckling in Wantagh
• Where Are Long Island’s Best High Schools? 2015 Rankings Revealed
• Wow Houses of the Week
• Police: Naked Man Waved Machete at People in Costco Parking Lot
• Wow Houses of the Week
• East Hampton Airport Noise Curfews on Hold
• Billy Crystal Grabs a Bite at the Laurel Diner
• Get Patch’s Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts