GREENPORT, NY — The public has spoken: Residents turned out Tuesday and passed the Greenport School budget for 2024 to 2025 by a wide margin.
When all the votes were tallied, the budget passed, 334 to 107.
In the Board of Education race, Amanda Clark, Clifford Harris and Samuel Strickland Jr. vied for two seats. Strickland received 296 votes and Clark, 286, winning the race; Harris received 170 votes.
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The proposed $25, 374, 981 budget for 2024 to 2025 represents an increase of $1,665, 106 and a percent change of 7.023 percent, the district said.
"The proposed budget is a result of careful planning and considerable deliberations from our board and administrators, and is intended to continue to meet the needs of our students, faculty/staff, and the wider community. It will preserve and protect the wide-range of educational programs and extracurricular activities offered to our students, while remaining fiscally responsible to the members of the community. This budget is within the district's tax levy cap," said Superintendent of Schools Marlon C. Small.
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The Floyd Memorial Library vote also passed, 334 to 99.
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