Reply 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. Subscribe 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.