Our School Budget for 2009-10
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May 28, 2009 Budget Day Food Drive a Success
With the ranks of those in the community needing assistance growing, Huntington School District teachers collected hundreds of pounds of food and related items during a multi-hour drive last week on the sidewalk outside Huntington High School...full story>>
May 20, 2009 Budget and Capital Propositions Pass; Black, Brown and Rogan Win
Voters in the Huntington School District overwhelmingly approved the proposed school budget for 2009/10 along with a capital proposition and re-elected trustees Elizabeth Black, Kim Brown and Emily Rogan. More than 2,500 residents cast ballots during 15 hours of voting at the high school on Tuesday...full story>>
May 15, 2009 Huntington Residents Go to the Polls on Tuesday
Voters will go to the polls in the Huntington School District on Tuesday (May 19) to decide the fate of the proposed school budget and a capital proposition and to elect three candidates to the School Board. Polls will be open in the Huntington High School lobby from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m...full story>>
May 14, 2009 Food Drive Set for May 19 at Budget Vote
With the stocks of local food pantries running dangerously low, Huntington School District teachers have organized a food drive that will culminate on May 19 at Huntington High School as residents go to the polls to vote on the proposed school budget and to elect three trustees....full story>>
May 6, 2009 Capital Projects Proposition on Huntington Ballot
A capital project proposition will appear on the May 19 ballot in the Huntington School District after trustees decided to ask residents to release monies held in the district’s Building Improvement Fund, which voters established in May 2008 to finance renovation and reconstruction projects...full story>>
May 1, 2009 Five Candidates Vying for Three Huntington School Board Seats
Five candidates will be on the ballot when Huntington School District residents go to the polls Tuesday, May 19 to fill three seats on the School Board. Voting will be held at Huntington High School from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m...full story>>
April 28, 2009 What Happens if Voters Reject the Huntington School Budget?
If voters in the Huntington School District reject the proposed school budget on May 19 the School Board has several options. It can submit the same budget for a revote, place a revised plan on the ballot or adopt an austerity budget. If residents reject the budget again in a second vote, state law imposes a cap on any spending increase over the current year’s plan...full story>>
April 21, 2009 Trustees Adopt Proposed Budget for 2009/10
After weeks of deliberations and countless decisions, Huntington School Board members adopted a proposed budget to fund district operations during the 2009/10 school year and sent the plan to residents for a community vote on Tuesday, May 19 at Huntington High School from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m...full story>>
April 17, 2009 Voter Registration Scheduled for Budget Vote and Trustee Election
Huntington School District residents who are not registered to vote in either a general or district election can register for the May 19 budget vote and election on Thursday, May 14 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Huntington High School lobby....full story>>
April 16, 2009 School Board Uses Federal Funds to Restore Some Cuts
An infusion of federal funds from the recently enacted stimulus package has filtered down to the Huntington School District, allowing trustees to restore several faculty positions and programs cut during the 2009/10 budget development process...full story>>
April 14, 2009 School Board Continues Budget Deliberations
A difficult budget process finally had some good news injected into it as Huntington School Board members learned the district will be receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional state aid above the amount school officials were originally told they could expect when Governor David Paterson issued his spending proposals last December...full story>>
March 23, 2009 Trustees Continue Budget Consideration
Huntington School Board members are wrestling with a series of difficult choices as trustees continue their line-by-line review of a draft budget to fund district operations during the 2009/10 school year. The final plan will go to residents for a public vote on Tuesday, May 19....full story>>
March 10, 2009 Trustees Begin Consideration of Draft Budget
Faced with difficult economic conditions here and around the world, Huntington School Board members took up public consideration of a draft budget for the 2009/10 school year during Monday night’s meeting. Trustees will examine every area of the budget over the next month, going line-by-line before adopting a plan and sending it to residents for a vote on May 19...full story>>
March 10, 2009 Capital Reserve Proposition on May Ballot
A capital reserve proposition will be on the May 19 ballot in the Huntington School District, but passage of the proposal won’t have any impact on the tax rate because the funds are already in the district’s coffers...full story>>
February 23, 2009 Huntington Sets Budget Meetings and Topics
With turmoil roiling state and national economies and with New York facing a massive budget deficit, the Huntington School Board is set to tackle development of the district’s 2009/10 budget at four public meetings spread over seven weeks...full story>>
Documents & Files
- Adopted Huntington School District 2009-2010 Budget
- Fourth Draft - Huntington School District 2009-10 Budget
- Third Draft - Huntington School District 2009-10 Budget
- Second Draft - Huntington School District 2009-10 Budget
- First Draft - Huntington School District 2009-10 Budget
- 2009 Huntington Budget Vote and Trustee Election Timeline
(All forms are downloadable in Adobe .pdf format)