Budget defeated; Board of Ed announces public hearing

From a sidebar in the May 19 Journal News:

Edgemont defeat

After reviewing contested ballots yesterday morning, Edgemont school officials declared their budget defeated by seven votes, with a final tally of 535 in favor of the budget, and 542 opposed.

Schools Superintendent Nancy Taddiken said that among eight contested ballots, two were confirmed as voters, and those votes were one for and one against. There were six voters that could not be confirmed, but Taddiken said they could not overturn the results, even if all six were in favor of the spending plan.

To learn more about the budget, get in touch with a board member or district superintendent Nancy Taddiken (914-472-7768).

Apparently the district has announced a public hearing on the budget on Tuesday, May 24, at 8:15 p.m. in the high school LGI.

Update: Here is the Journal News' tally of the election results (apparently before the two additional voters were added):

School board (two seats):
*Mark Romney - 747
*Sarah Stern - 765

Budget:
Yes - 534
No - 541

And here are the results from all the other local school districts.