Mount Sinai resident Laurie Bonamo, a participant in the Newsday/Siena...

Mount Sinai resident Laurie Bonamo, a participant in the Newsday/Siena College Poll, at home with her sons. (Dec. 28, 2011) Credit: Kevin P. Coughlin

A slim majority of Long Island voters favor merging their local school district -- either with a neighboring one or townwide -- but oppose countywide consolidation by a wide margin, according to a new Newsday/Siena Research Institute poll.

Are you in favor of consolidation?

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