Schools

Voters Approve POB Budget, Elect Trustees

Residents headed to the polls Tuesday to vote on a school budget and elect board members.

Plainview-Old Bethpage residents approved a 2018-19 school budget on Tuesday.

The $157,166,366 budget passed with 928 yes votes and 394 no votes, according to the school district. The budget is a 3.27 percent spending increase over the current year and it comes with a 1.98 percent tax levy increase.

Residents also re-elected Lauren Sackstein and Jodi Campagna to the Plainview-Old Bethpage Board of Education.

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