Schools
Blind Brook-Rye Union School Budget Vote Tuesday
Voters will have their say on the district's planned $52,567,594 spending package for 2022-2023 on May 17, when the budget is on the ballot.
RYE BROOK, NY — Voters will have the final say on the school budget on May 17.
The proposed budget is $52,567,594, with a 2.73 percent increase over the 2021-22 spending package.
School officials said the tax levy will increase by 4.01 percent if the budget is approved by voters later this month.
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There are a total of two school board seats to be filled for three-year terms. The candidates for the school board are:
- Richard Buzin (incumbent)
- Naomi Schaefer Riley
- Samantha Smith
The district said that it needs to replace four of its school buses. Therefore, the following bus proposition will appear on the ballot: "Shall the Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District be authorized to lease-purchase four (4) 72-passenger school buses at an annual cost not to exceed $103,680, for a five (5) year term, commencing July 1, 2022 and terminating on June 30, 2027, and to levy the necessary tax therefore?"
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The School Budget Vote and Board of Education Elections will take place May 17, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Bruno M. Ponterio Ridge Street School, in the gym.
Additional voting information can be found here.
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