Voters approve LP school budget; Smith, Blair elected to board

The Lake Placid Central School District budget for 2010-11 passed yesterday by a vote of 572 to 269.

Voters approved the spending plan which totals just over $16 million – a 1.54 percent increase over the previous year’s budget. The tax levy will increase by 3.45 percent.

A proposition to lease a pair of 66-passenger school buses over a period of no more than five years also passed by a margin of 568 to 268. The cost for that item is no more than $39,000 per year.

TL school budget passed

Here's Jon Alexander's report on the Tupper Lake Central School District budget vote:

With the largest voter turnout in two decades, proponents of the 2010-11 Tupper Lake Central School District budget scored a bittersweet victory Tuesday night as the proposal passed 600 to 465.

District Superintendent Seth McGowan said he was relieved that voters supported the budget proposal that includes an 8 percent tax hike while eliminating 25 percent of the school’s instructional positions.

SL school budget passes; Rdzanek elected to board of education

Voters from the Saranac Lake Central School District spoke loud and clear in favor of the proposed 2010-11 budget yesterday.

This year’s budget passed easily, with 807 for and 293 against.

The budget carries a spending increase $283,789, bringing the total to about $27 million. The amount raised by taxes is $17.9 million, a three percent increase over last year.

Taxpayers also elected Susan Rdzanek to fill the board of education seat vacated by Joan Schaefer.

Rdzanek received 528 votes, enough to get by Lisa Paschke and Terrence Tubridy.