Most local school budgets pass

On Tuesday, May 21, New York State voters went to the polls to decide the fate of local school budgets and elect members to school boards.

Most budgets throughout the five-county Catskills region passed. A few were voted down, and will now have 30 days to revise their budgets and put them up for a second vote. If a school's budget is voted down twice, the school must adopt a contingency budget subject to strict caps.

In Greene County, the Cairo-Durham Central School District's budget was rejected by voters, who also ousted all three incumbent school board members on the ballot in favor of newcomers. The district has been embroiled in controversy over the school board's proposal to reorganize the elementary schools by adopting a "Princeton Plan," with grades K-2 housed in one elementary school and grades 3-5 in the other. All three newly elected school board members oppose the Princeton Plan, the Daily Mail reports.

In Schoharie County, the Middleburgh Central School District's budget failed 399-374, and a proposition to purchase two buses failed 414-357. Middleburgh's proposed budget was below the state's new tax cap, the Daily Gazette reports.

In Ulster County, the Marlboro Central School District's voters rejected the budget by a resounding 1266-734, and ousted incumbent school board members James Sullivan and Ken Brooks by wide margins. Marlboro's budget would have decreased school spending 4.75 percent, but increased the tax rate by 15 percent, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports.

Below: Links to results of school budget and board of education elections held Tuesday, May 21, 2013, from school districts and/or local news accounts.

DELAWARE COUNTY

Andes School District: Budget passed
School website

Charlotte Valley Central School District: Results not yet available (will update)

Delaware Academy Central School District: Budget passed
Daily Star story

Downsville Central School District: Budget passed
Daily Star story

Franklin Central School District: Results not yet available (will update)

Hancock Central School District: Results not yet available (will update)

Margaretville Central School District: Budget passed
School website
Catskill Mountain News story

Roxbury Central School District: Budget passed
Mountain Eagle story

Sidney Central School District: Budget passed
School Facebook page

South Kortright Central School District: Budget passed
School Facebook page
M
ountain Eagle story

Stamford Central School District: Results not yet available (will update)

Walton Central School District: Budget passed
WBNG story

GREENE COUNTY

Cairo-Durham Central School District: Budget failed
Daily Mail story

Catskill Central School District: Budget passed
Daily Mail story

Coxsackie-Athens Central School District: Budget passed
Daily Mail story

Greenville Central School District: Budget passed
School website

Hunter-Tannersville Central School District: Budget passed
Daily Mail story

Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District: Budget passed
Daily Mail story

SCHOHARIE COUNTY

Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District: Budget passed
Times Journal story

Gilboa-Conesville Central School District: Budget passed
Times Journal story
M
ountain Eagle story

Jefferson Central School District: Budget passed
Times Journal story
M
ountain Eagle story

Middleburgh Central School District: Budget failed
Times Journal story
D
aily Gazette story

Schoharie Central School District: Budget passed
Times Journal story

Sharon Springs Central School District: Budget passed
Times Journal story

SULLIVAN COUNTY

Eldred Central School District: Budget passed
Times Herald-Record story

Fallsburg Central School District: Budget passed
Times Herald-Record story

Liberty Central School District: Budget passed
Times Herald-Record story

Livingston Manor Central School District: Budget passed
Times Herald-Record story

Monticello Central School District: Budget passed
Times Herald-Record story

Roscoe Central School District: Budget passed
Times Herald-Record story

Sullivan West Central School District: Budget passed
Times Herald-Record story

Tri-Valley Central School District: Budget passed
Times Herald-Record story

ULSTER COUNTY

Ellenville Central School District: Budget passed
School website
Daily Freeman story

Highland Central School District: Budget passed
School website
N
ew Paltz Times story

Kingston City School District: Budget passed
School website
D
aily Freeman story

Marlboro Central School District: Budget failed
Daily Freeman story

New Paltz Central School District: Budget passed
New Paltz Times story
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oughkeepsie Journal story

Onteora Central School District: Budget passed
School website

Rondout Valley Central School District: Budget passed
School website
D
aily Freeman story

Saugerties Central School District: Budget passed, board of education votes still being counted
Saugerties Times story
Daily Freeman story

Wallkill Central School District: Budget passed
Wallkill Valley Times story

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