$128M Patchogue-Medford School Budget Sails Through

PATCHOGUE, NY — The Patchogue-Medford School District voters approved a $128 million spending plan on Tuesday.

The budget-to-budget change is $20,209,161 or a 9.57 percent change, while the budget-to-budget tax levy change is $4,632,118 or 3.76 percent.

The estimated property tax rate increase of 3.92 percent is assuming there is no change in the total assessed valuation of the district, according to school district officials.

The measure passed by 1,238 to 868 votes.

Proposition Two asked if officials could expend up to around $8.5 million from the Capital Reserve.

Fund from 2018, and $5 million from the Capital Reserve Fund – 2022, plus any accumulated interest for capital improvement projects, including a building addition at the Bay Avenue Elementary School, as well as the relocation of a playground area and backstop; and site improvement projects at various buildings.

The proposition would also allow for site improvements, furnishings, equipment, apparatus, machinery, demolition, and other incidental work or improvements required in connection not to exceed the estimated total cost of $13.9 million.

The measure passed by 1,299 to 768 votes.

Voters also cast their ballots to decide two three-year terms on the Board of Education, reelecting incumbents Kelli Anne Jennings and Diana Andrade by 1,358 and 1,213 votes, respectively. Newcomer John P. Caruso garnered 758 votes.