Oceanside School District
Vote Approved, 1,783-1,000
Budget $131,126,733, a 1.98% increase
Tax levy $108,524,187, a 3.77% increase
Average home The district did not respond to calls seeking information on the proposed budget's effect on property taxes. The assessed value of an average home in the district is about $1,000.
School board Donald Maresca (1,943) Mary Jane McGrath-Mulhern (1,841) and Sandie Schoell (1,750) ran unopposed for three-year terms.
'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.
'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.
