Riverhead Central School District
Vote Approved, 1,936-1,153
Budget $109,594,658, 1.26% increase
Tax levy $86,794,515, up 4.93% Average home A typical home in the Riverhead part of the district assessed at $42,401 will pay $4,009, a 4.92% increase. Officials said they did not have the information to calculate the change in the Brookhaven and Southampton parts of the district.
Proposition Approved, 2,069-930, transfer of up to $5 million from existing reserve fund for school repairs.
School board Ann Cotten-DeGrasse (1,960), Gregory Meyer (1,957) and Kimberly Ligon (1,823) defeated Patricia Sapienza-Brown (1,661) for seats with three-year terms.

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