School budgets: Districts by the numbers
Here is a breakdown of education's Super Tuesday, by the numbers:
$10.5B Total proposed budgets on LI
13.94% Biggest proposed tax levy increase, Wyandanch
-2.08% Biggest proposed tax levy decrease, East Hampton
$304M Biggest proposed budget, Brentwood
$788,704 Smallest proposed budget, New Suffolk
50% Increase in staffing in New Suffolk, which plans to hire one new teacher
0 Number of candidates for an open seat in Fishers Island
1 Number of candidates for two open seats in Plainedge
31 Number of districts proposing tax levy increases greater than 4 percent
8 Number of districts proposing decreases or no increase in the tax levy
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