Roslyn school budget, board elections on May 17 ballot

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Roslyn school budget, board elections on May 17 ballot
Elections for the Roslyn Board of Education will be held May 17. (Photo courtesy of Flickr)

Residents in the Roslyn school district will vote on the budget and for members of the Board of Education in elections on May 17. 

The Roslyn Board of Education adopted a $122,145,193 budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year on April 12. 

The budget calls for a 2.93 percent increase in spending from the current year and a 2.48 percent increase in the tax levy, which falls under the state tax levy limit of 3.7 percent. 

The proposed tax levy totals $101,148,675. 

Roslyn residents will vote on the final budget on May 17 and, if approved, it will take effect July 1, the beginning of the fiscal year. 

For the Board of Education, three spots are at stake and three people filed petitions to run: incumbent Bruce Valauri, Alison Gilbert and Robert Koonin, according to district officials.

Valauri, a prosthodontist whose dental practice in Manhattan treats cancer patients with head and neck problems, is seeking his fifth three-year term. 

In the East Williston school district, two spots on the Board of Education are open as the terms of David Keefe and Tasneem Meghji are expiring. Both terms  end on June 30. 

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 17 and voting will take place at the Wheatley School in Old Westbury. 

In Herricks, one board seat is available for a three-year term following the expiration of the term currently held by Juleigh Chin. Also on the ballot will be the vote for the $125.3 million budget proposal for the 2022-23 school year. The proposal represents a spending increase of 1.99 percent from the current year and calls for a tax increase of 0.5 percent. 

Breaking down the budget, 76 percent of it is devoted to programs and 13 percent goes to capital improvements, according to district officials.  The district anticipates state aid of $16.6 million, an increase of $2.2 million from the current year.

A final budget review will be held on May 5. 

Efforts to reach school district officials for further information were unavailing. 

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