School budgets to face voters on Tuesday
SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y. >> Voters in school districts will head to the polls Tuesday to vote on budgets and propositions and elect board members.
Below is a look at what’s on the ballot in indi-
vidual districts. An asterisk next to a school board candidate indicates they are the incumbent.
Ballston Spa
Total budget: $90.3 million Spending increase: 2.1 percent Tax levy increase: 2.9 percent (within cap) Propositions: Bus purchases ($907,000); collect public library funding ($55,650); collect Ballston Area Recreation Commission funding ($30,000) School board race: (2 3-year terms, 1 1-year term) Michael O’Donnell, Katie Thimineur, Lillian McCarthy, Jeanne Obermayer Polling time and locations: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Malta Town Hall, Ballston Spa High School
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake
Total budget: $65.4 million Spending increase: 2.48 percent Tax levy increase: 1.96 percent (within cap) Propositions: Reauthorizing ex officio student-member position on Board of Education School board race: (3 seats) Peter Sawyer*, John Blowers*, Don Marshall Polling time and locations: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School
Corinth
Total budget: $21.1 million Spending increase: -2.54 percent Tax levy increase: 2.4 percent (within cap) Propositions: Bus purchases ($300,000); library budget ($58,746) School board race: (1 5-year term) Danielle Freebern Polling time and locations: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Corinth Elementary School
Galway
Total budget: $2.3 million Spending increase: 4.5 percent Tax levy increase: 2.8 percent (within cap) Propositions: Bus purchases ($449,051) School board race: (2 4-year terms) Stacey Caruso-Sharpe, Jay Anderson* Polling time and locations: Noon to 6 p.m., Galway High School
Hadley-Luzerne
Total budget: $20.9 million Spending increase: 2.13 percent Tax levy increase: 1.65 percent (below cap) Propositions: Bus purchases ($255,000) School board race: (1 3-year term) Eddie Joe Moulton* Polling time and locations: Noon to 8 p.m., Stuart M. Townsend Elementary School Large Group Instruction Room
Mechanicville
Total budget: $25.5 million Spending increase: 6.6 percent Tax levy increase: 5.7 percent Propositions: Bus purchases ($280,000); selling of 0.48 acres of land on Elizabeth Street School board race: (2 3-year terms) Polling time and locations: Noon to 9 p.m., Mechanicville High School gymnasium lobby
Saratoga Springs
Total budget: $122.7 million Spending increase: 3.6 percent Tax levy increase: 2.75 percent (below cap) Propositions: Bus purchases ($1,075,000); creation of Capital Reserve Fund School board race: (3 3-year terms) Anjeanette Emeka, Jennifer Leidig, Stephan Verral* Polling time and locations: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Caroline Street, Division Street, Lake Avenue, Geyser Road, Dorothy Nolan and Greenfield elementary schools
Schuylerville
Total budget: $34.8 million Spending increase: 2.1 percent Tax levy increase: 0 percent Propositions: Bus leasing ($115,574) School board race: (2 5-year terms, 1 2-year term) Stanley Barber, Michael Bodnar, Veronica Wood Polling time and locations: Noon to 9 p.m., Administration Building
Shenendehowa
Total budget: $169 million Spending increase: 2.2 percent Tax levy increase: 2.1 percent (within cap) Propositions: Bus purchases ($2,245,800) School board race: (2 3-year terms) Naomi Hoffman, Alexandra Blais, Bill Casey*, Jennyfer Gleason Polling time and locations: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Gowana Gym
South Glens Falls
Total budget: $57.8 million Spending increase: 2.2 percent Tax levy increase: 2.85 percent (0.01 below cap) Propositions: Bus purchases ($555,194) School board race: (3 3-year terms) Christine M. Dawson, William J. Elder*, Lisa M. Hogan* Polling time and locations: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tanglewood and Ballard elementary schools
Stillwater
Total budget: $24.5 million Spending increase: 2.3 percent Tax levy increase: 5.3 percent (exceeding cap of 0 percent) Propositions: Building maintenance ($100,000); alternative veterans exemption School board race: (3 3-year terms) Brian McNeil Polling time and locations: Noon to 9 p.m., old Stillwater Middle School gymnasium
Waterford-Halfmoon
Total budget: $21 million Spending increase: 0.2 percent Tax levy increase: 0.01 percent (below cap) Propositions: Bus purchases ($8,700) School board race: (3 3-year terms) Richard Charron*, Jamie Maloney*, David Lee* Polling time and locations: Noon to 8 p.m., Waterford-Halfmoon School auditorium lobby