Voters in area school districts gave an overwhelming thumbs up on Tuesday to local schools districts, as spending plans were passed by wide margins.

Pine Bush

Pine Bush Central School District voters approved the $141,504,627 budget, with 67 percent of voters supporting this 2024-2025 spending plan.

Shauna Best and Peter Agro took the two seats on the board of education. This year, six residents ran for the board: Best, Agro, Lisa Dyer, incumbent Ross Tompkins, Phillip J. Salinardi and incumbent Matthew Watkins. Best and Agro will serve their three-year terms, starting July 1, 2024.

Valley Central

On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Valley Central School District residents approved the proposed 2024-2025 budget of $129,300,000. 

The unofficial budget results are as follows:

The budget passed with 70.9% voter approval, 662 yes votes and 272 no votes.

This budget represents a 2.74% increase over the current year’s budget.

This budget maintains all programs for our students while staying under the tax cap and maximizing state aid. 

Proposition 2, a $5.1 million capital project, passed with  72.4 % voter approval, 673 yes votes and 256 no votes.

The two candidates elected to the two open seats on the Board of Education on May 21, 2024 are as follows:

Joseph Bond
Angela Terralovora

Their terms will be July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027.

Wallkill

The Wallkill Central School District’s 2024-2025 Budget of $89.5 million passed on Tuesday, May 21 following the polling period. District Assistant Superintendent for Support Services Brian Devincenzi shared the unofficial results of the election with 435 votes yes and 127 votes no for the budget. 

The 24-25 school budget marks a $4.0 million (4.68%) increase from the previous year’s district budget. The district would see a tax levy increase of 2.47% in the 24-25 budget and this levy is to remain below the tax cap. The district anticipates being $262,655 below the tax levy limit with the reported 2.47%, staying below the cap again for the fourth year since the 2021-2022 school year. 

In this year’s board of education election, four seats were made available. Incumbents Thomas Nafey, Thomas Frisbie and Donna Crowley would be seeking another full three year term on the board which would begin on July 1, 2024 and expire on June 30, 2027. The unofficial vote results of the incumbents were as followed: Nafey with 400 votes, Frisbie with 397 votes and Crowley with 423 votes.