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Above: School Board Candidate Tom Gleeson (top, far left) waits tohear the results of Tuesday's election. Coming as no surprise to the small crowd gathered in the PiersonMiddle/High School gymnasium Tuesday, May 15, the Sag Harbor SchoolDistrict s proposed $34,182,256 million budget passed by alandslide, with 892 votes for the budget versus only 420 against. Similarly, Proposition #2, which will allow the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] district to spendup to $575,000 for the purchase of six new buses, passed with asimilar margin: 851 to 432. I m very pleased the budget passed, District SuperintendentDr. John Gratto commented after the results were read.
And I mpleased the bus proposition passed. The 2012-2013 Budget represents a spending increase of $956,172over this year s Operating Budget. But, more importantly, isrepresents a tax-levy increase of only 1.94 percent, which means itsuccessfully falls below the two-percent tax cap imposed by NewYork State for the first time this year. The real nail-biter this year was [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] the race for school board, whichhad three candidates vying for two open seats. In the end,incumbents Gregg Schiavoni and Walter Wilcoxen each managed tosecure another three-years on the board, putting Schiavoni in hissecond term and Wilcoxen in his third.
The vote on the board is a testament to the trust the communityhas in the job this board has done, Dr. Gratto noted. When the votes had all been tallied, Schiavoni was the clear victorwith 1,039 [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] total votes. Wilcoxen came in second with 795 andGleeson was a not-too-distant third with 576 votes.
Many in the gymnasium that night congratulated Gleeson on ahard-fought campaign. It s tough to beat the incumbents, Gleeson said after havingwalked over to congratulate Schiavoni on his win. (Wilcoxen had awork conflict and was allegedly unable to make it to the gymnasiumbefore doors closed at 9 p.m.) It was a good learning experience, he added. I just hope theboard [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] continues to improve education.
The kids are what [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] s mostimportant. With his youngest daughter who stood by his side as results wereread graduating from Pierson this year, Gleeson said his losswouldn t mean he would vanish from the district. I ll try to stay involved as much as possible, he declared. In the wake of his win, Schiavoni flanked by his two youngsons smiled as he talked about his plans for the upcoming year.
What s next will be keeping track of IB [the InternationalBaccalaureate program], making sure it s implemented correctly,and keeping track of the Pre-K program, he said. Going forward,we just have to keep the ball rolling. After congratulating candidates, both board members Theresa Samotand Chris Tice [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] said they [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] were very pleased to hear the electionresults for the budget this [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] year. The margin the vote passed by [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] was [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] really great, Samotexclaimed, as Tice noted it was nearly 2:1.
The administrationput a lot of hard work into the budget. Board member Sandi Kruel concurred with this sentiment, andapplauded voters for passing [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Proposition #2. And to her fellow board members about to begin their new three-yearterms, she added, Congratulations. Popularity: unranked [ ? ].
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