Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Voters in Lynbrook and East Rockaway approved school budgets and elected four Board of Education members in uncontested races during Tuesday’s elections.
Lynbrook voters approved the district’s $110.2 million budget for the 2025–2026 school year, a 3.53 percent increase from the previous year, with 764 ‘YES’ votes and 270 ‘NO’ votes.
Voters approved East Rockaway’s $47 million budget for 2025–26 with a 3.72 percent increase over the prior year. The budget’s vote received 347 ‘YES’ votes to 155 ‘NO’ votes.
Voters in East Rockaway approved a proposition authorizing the district to appropriate and expend an additional $250,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund for Building Improvements and Repairs III, with 373 ‘YES’ votes and 115 ‘NO.’
This funding supplements the $313,000 previously approved by voters in May 2023 for the High School Cupola Replacement project. The total $563,000 will cover construction, equipment, and associated costs, with no additional tax impact to district residents. The project is scheduled for the 2025–26 school year, and the Board of Education is authorized to reallocate component costs as needed, provided there is no material change to the project's scope.
In Lynbrook, both propositions passed.
One called for the replacement to technological equipment across schools, and passed with a 839 votes majority, overtaking the 193 ‘NO’ votes.
With the same ratio of votes, the Reauthorization of the Continuous Facilities Improvement Capital Reserve Fund proposition passed.
In the Lynbrook School District, Dan Cullen and incumbent Andrew Lewner were elected to the Board of Education.
The East Rockaway School District’s incumbent board members Maureen Doyle and Peter McNally were re-elected.
