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Mount Sinai's Budget Revote: A Voter's Guide

A look at Patch's coverage of the Mount Sinai Budget revote.

From 6 a.m.- 9 p.m. in the Mount Sinai Elementary School gymnasium, residents will be able to vote on the district's revised budget for the 2012-13' school year.

The initial budget, which required 60 percent voter approval because it exceeded the tax levy cap, did not pass after receiving just 52.4 percent of votes. The Board of Education and administration has proposed a revised budget with a tax levy at the cap of 2.13 percent, which will require a majority of 50 percent plus one in order to pass.

The revised $54.6 million budget is a decrease of .53 percent over last year’s operating budget, according to a summary released by the school and posted onto its website. The increase in the tax levy in the proposed budget is 2.13 percent. The cost to homeowners is $233.43 per $100 of assessed valuation or $13.40 more per month on average.

Before you hit the polls Tuesday, take a look back at Patch's coverage of the Mount Sinai budget revote and read over the attached informational PDF's provided by the district.

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MP Majority May 17, 2013 at 01:41 pm
Spoken like a true teacher. Did you know that the average school teacher is only paying 15% of theRead More actual cost of health care premiums for themselves and their families, when Medical healthcare insurance premiums are rising at an alarming 17% per annum? Do you realize that teachers are paid an additional stipend if they work more than 3 consecutive periods in a day? Are you aware that teacher pensions were protected during the stock market crash of 2008, when the average person's 401K was totally at risk? Perhaps if teachers realized how good they have it - look at the BIG picture and outside of their bubble - then they would complain less. Oh and yes, we need our loftily-paid Administrators to kick in some of the salaries, to help pay for stuff. Hard to believe the school districts' mantras that "it's all for the kids".