Before residents head to the polls to vote for their schools' 2012-13 budgets, we thought readers would like to see how neighboring districts are spending their money.
It is important to note that some expenses are not subject to be included in the cap and therefore the allowable tax levy might exceed the property tax cap while still being under.
Under the cap, property tax increases will be limited to 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is less. Municipalities, such as school districts, could override the cap with 60 percent of voters participating in an election.
School Overall Budget Amount Increase/ Decrease From Last Year Tax Levy Increase +/- Tax Cap EnrollmentCuts to Staff/Programs Baldwin $119.5M (rollover budget)
- .4%
2.23% N/A
5,197* Shuttering of Shubert and Milburn schools. Bellmore $31,943,890 +1.40%
2% - 1,132 None Bellmore-Merrick Central HS District $133M
+ 1.5%
2.4% + (Vote allowed) 6,006 (7-12)
20 FT, 3
perm subs. East Meadow $181M + 1.73%
N/A
- 7,338* N/A
East Rockaway $35,601,664 + 3.6%
2.26% - 1,296* Late buses
Elmont 78,560,346 + 2.76% 2.8% + 3,746* (PreK-6) None Floral Park-Bellerose $27,668,799 + 4.86% N/A + 1,634 N/A Franklin Square $34.43M +1.5%
2% - 1,907*(K-6) None Freeport $153,139,767 +2.45%
2.37% - 6,306* 26. Summer school eliminated.
Garden City $104,215,528 +3.06%
3.54% - 4,048 1 Hewlett-Woodmere $105,785,736 (reserves) + 2.47%
1.91% - 3,033 10
Island Park $34.6M +2.9%
2.01% - 688* (K-6) Some Island Trees $57,925,136 +.99%
1.99% - 2,557* MS Chorus, HS Golf Lawrence $93,155,150 +.19%
2% - 3,112 21. 8-period day at HS. Levittown $189,996,581 - 4%
1.85% - 7,551* N/A Long Beach $122.1M
+2.9%
3.9% +
3,798 N/A Lynbrook $74,468,696 +2.2%
2.3% - 2,895* Increase size of K classes.
Malverne $48,597,767 +2.29%
2.44% - 1,700 12. Most summer school.
Merrick $43.3M
+2.3%
2.23% - 1,964 None Mineola $83,992,180 - .27%
1.93% - 2,700 3
New Hyde Park - Garden City Park $34,494,380 +2.7%
2.88% Exact 1,600 None, redistributing workers. North Bellmore $47,901,815 +.27%
2.8% - 2,100 15. Gunther School closing. North Merrick $27.5M
+ 2.72%
2.42% - 1,314 None Oceanside $134M
+2.19%
N/A
- 5,944* Instructional and textbook cuts
Rockville Centre $97,260,488 +1.67%
1.99% - 3,600 None (some jobs lost through attrition) Roosevelt $85,453,491 +1.84%
1.94% - 2,702* N/A Seaford $57.8M
+5.4%
2.5% - 2,582 1 FT. Most MS sports. Sewanhaka Central HS District
$167,033,832 +2.94%
2.22% -
8,528*(7-12)
NoneValley Stream Central $103,240,117 +1.23%
2.55% - 4,692* (7-12) Reductions in non-teaching positions.
Valley Stream 13 $43,217,705 +1.7%
N/A
N/A
2,122* (K-6) None
Valley Stream 24 $27.7M +1.97%
1.5% - 1,084 (K-6) Salary freeze, adding staff. Valley Stream 30 $32,403,043 +.02%
N/A N/A 1,440* (K-6) N/A Wantagh $71.7M +2.2%
1.86% - 3,507 None West Hempstead
$55,188,693 +1.46%
2.58% -
2,170 None
Editor's Notes:
*Denotes student enrollment figures that are from the 2010-11 school year. These figures were obtained from the New York State Education Department website.
Budget information was not available online for the following school districts: Uniondale and Hempstead.
Matthew Hogan contributed to this report.
