Long Island School Budget Vote 2008-2009 Results, Ranked by margin of victory

116 out of 124 LI school budgets pass

All but eight school budgets were passed Tuesday by voters on Long Island.
So when the State Aid was provided in 2008 the average tax increase was 3.87% and now in 2011 when there is cuts in State Aid in 2011 the tax increase is 2.97%.


A record amount of state aid led to some of the lowest spending and tax increase proposals in more than a decade. The districts asked for an average school tax increase of 3.87 percent and budgets called for an average increase in spending of 5.09 percent.

In Suffolk County, budget proposals were rejected in East Moriches, Hauppauge, Kings Park, Lindenhurst, Patchogue-Medford, Shelter Island and Shoreham-Wading River.

The sole Nassau County school district to suffer a defeat was Wantagh, which was rejected by less than 100 votes. The district was asking for a tax increase of 8.27 percent, the highest across the Island.

Some say the sagging economy combined with already high property taxes and school corruption scandals may have been a factor in the districts that voted down their budgets.

Rank	School District	YES Votes	NO Votes	Pass/Fail	(Pass-Fail)	(Diff)/Total Vote%
1	Patchogue-Medford	2100	2997	Fail	-897	-17.6
2	Shoreham-Wading River	1068	1390	Fail	-322	-13.1
3	Kings Park	1416	1754	Fail	-338	-10.66
4	Lindenhurst	1709	2093	Fail	-384	-10.1
5	Wantagh	1566	1692	Fail	-126	-3.87
6	East Moriches	559	581	Fail	-22	-1.93
7	Shelter Island	409	412	Fail	-3	-0.37
8	Hauppauge	951	956	Fail	-5	-0.26
9	Brentwood	1039	1036	Pass	3	0.14
10	Levittown	2036	1942	Pass	94	2.36
11	Longwood	1900	1770	Pass	130	3.54
12	Commack	2187	2029	Pass	158	3.75
13	Locust Valley	1210	1113	Pass	97	4.18
14	Hempstead	368	337	Pass	31	4.4
15	Hampton Bays	885	810	Pass	75	4.42
16	William Floyd	1447	1302	Pass	145	5.27
17	Bayport-Blue Point	950	840	Pass	110	6.15
18	Mount Sinai	741	651	Pass	90	6.47
19	East Rockaway	545	474	Pass	71	6.97
20	Northport-E. Northport	2872	2470	Pass	402	7.53
21	East Hampton	304	261	Pass	43	7.61
22	Sachem	3045	2592	Pass	453	8.04
23	West Babylon	973	825	Pass	148	8.23
24	Malverne	694	581	Pass	113	8.86
25	Hewlett-Woodmere	1680	1380	Pass	300	9.8
26	Massapequa	2930	2395	Pass	535	10.05
27	Three Village	2791	2265	Pass	526	10.4
28	North Merrick	526	423	Pass	103	10.85
29	Babylon	865	691	Pass	174	11.18
30	Mattituck-Cutchogue	877	699	Pass	178	11.29
31	Westbury	1070	839	Pass	231	12.1
32	Bay Shore	1587	1244	Pass	343	12.12
33	South Country	1623	1261	Pass	362	12.55
34	Valley Stream 30	1832	1423	Pass	409	12.57
35	Rockville Centre	1620	1255	Pass	365	12.7
36	Rocky Point	941	727	Pass	214	12.83
37	Comsewogue	716	553	Pass	163	12.84
38	Merrick	946	730	Pass	216	12.89
39	Baldwin	3221	2477	Pass	744	13.06
40	Cold Spring Harbor	556	424	Pass	132	13.47
41	North Bellmore	1060	808	Pass	252	13.49
42	Montauk	132	100	Pass	32	13.79
43	Wyandanch	154	116	Pass	38	14.07
44	Oceanside	1374	1023	Pass	351	14.64
45	Valley Stream 13	1117	831	Pass	286	14.68
46	Garden City	1057	786	Pass	271	14.7
47	Seaford	1481	1099	Pass	382	14.81
48	Floral Park-Bellerose	799	588	Pass	211	15.21
49	Port Washington	2955	2167	Pass	788	15.38
50	Plainview-Old Bethpage	1316	964	Pass	352	15.44
51	Eastport-South Manor	1154	842	Pass	312	15.63
52	Plainedge	2015	1469	Pass	546	15.67
53	Bellmore	839	606	Pass	233	16.12
54	Jericho	593	427	Pass	166	16.27
55	Oysterponds	135	97	Pass	38	16.38
56	Manhasset	1817	1302	Pass	515	16.51
57	Seaford	3422	2447	Pass	975	16.61
58	Remsenburg-Speonk	156	111	Pass	45	16.85
59	Westhampton Beach	345	243	Pass	102	17.35
60	East Quogue	462	324	Pass	138	17.56
61	Mineola	1164	816	Pass	348	17.58
62	Roosevelt	367	257	Pass	110	17.63
63	East Islip	2598	1800	Pass	798	18.14
64	Herricks	1536	1063	Pass	473	18.2
65	New Hyde Park-Garden City Park	1045	723	Pass	322	18.21
66	Copiague	1095	755	Pass	340	18.38
67	Hicksville	1468	1009	Pass	459	18.53
68	Miller Place	1176	808	Pass	368	18.55
69	Island Park	497	341	Pass	156	18.62
70	Springs	420	285	Pass	135	19.15
71	Oyster Bay-E. Norwich	968	655	Pass	313	19.29
72	Southampton	615	415	Pass	200	19.42
73	Valley Stream 24	432	291	Pass	141	19.5
74	North Babylon	1465	971	Pass	494	20.28
75	Central Islip	878	579	Pass	299	20.52
76	Syosset	2186	1441	Pass	745	20.54
77	Uniondale	409	268	Pass	141	20.83
78	East Meadow	1982	1297	Pass	685	20.89
79	Half Hollow Hills	1404	888	Pass	516	22.51
80	Farmingdale	1999	1248	Pass	751	23.13
81	Franklin Square	938	584	Pass	354	23.26
82	Baldwin	1347	832	Pass	515	23.63
83	Harborfields	1725	1065	Pass	660	23.66
84	Long Beach	1599	985	Pass	614	23.76
85	Riverhead	1842	1134	Pass	708	23.79
86	Amityville	597	364	Pass	233	24.25
87	Middle Country	2044	1236	Pass	808	24.63
88	Elmont	1028	619	Pass	409	24.83
89	Roslyn	1024	605	Pass	419	25.72
90	Freeport	913	538	Pass	375	25.84
91	Center Moriches	707	411	Pass	296	26.48
92	Southold	695	403	Pass	292	26.59
93	Tuckahoe	168	97	Pass	71	26.79
94	Huntington	1713	983	Pass	730	27.08
95	Carle Place	552	314	Pass	238	27.48
96	Elwood	1160	659	Pass	501	27.54
97	Connetquot	1677	950	Pass	727	27.67
98	Valley Stream 30	440	249	Pass	191	27.72
99	Lynbrook	1103	624	Pass	479	27.74
100	Amagansett	64	36	Pass	28	28
101	Port Jefferson	796	446	Pass	350	28.18
102	Bethpage	1168	644	Pass	524	28.92
103	South Huntington	1683	928	Pass	755	28.92
104	Sayville	1630	862	Pass	768	30.82
105	West Hempstead	915	477	Pass	438	31.47
106	Deer Park	1341	688	Pass	653	32.18
107	Islip	1705	868	Pass	837	32.53
108	North Shore	1423	677	Pass	746	35.52
109	Sag Harbor	893	424	Pass	469	35.61
110	Bridgehampton	244	114	Pass	130	36.31
111	Island Trees	699	315	Pass	384	37.87
112	Smithtown	3909	1548	Pass	2361	43.27
113	West Islip	2376	930	Pass	1446	43.74
114	Fishers Island	109	41	Pass	68	45.33
115	East Williston	1558	567	Pass	991	46.64
116	Great Neck	1415	333	Pass	1082	61.9
117	Fire Island	106	24	Pass	82	63.08
118	Greenport	278	58	Pass	220	65.48
119	Lawrence	2638	494	Pass	2144	68.45
120	Quogue	84	15	Pass	69	69.7
121	New Suffolk	53	7	Pass	46	76.67
122	Wainscott	26	3	Pass	23	79.31
123	Sagaponack	25	2	Pass	23	85.19

Source: News12.com