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Polls will be open on May 18 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Shutterstock)
PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD, NY Residents in the Patchogue-Medford School District will head to the polls next week to cast their ballots for a proposed school budget and to elect school board trustees.
Polls will be open on May 18 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at South Ocean Middle School, Medford Elementary School, Saxton Middle School, Tremont Elementary School, and Eagle Elementary School.
The Board of Education is proposing a $198.9 million budget for the 2021-22 school year.
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That represents a 1.93 percent spending increase over the current year and it comes with a 2.56 percent hike in the school tax levy.
Long Island school elections, 2021-22 Print Email
School district residents go to the polls on May 18 to vote on budgets and members of their local boards for the coming school year. Below are the details on the ballots in 124 districts. Results will be posted here as they become available.
Read our full coverage of the results here.
The Great Neck, Lawrence, Hewlett-Woodmere and West Hempstead districts received permission from the state to hold voting on May 11, before the statewide date of May 18, which is also the date of the Jewish holiday Shavuot.
Get more information on school district budget and tax plans here, and see last year s election results here. Sign up for The Classroom, Newsday s education newsletter, here.