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Victor, N.Y. —
On Tuesday, May 17, Victor School District residents voted to pass a $56 million school spending plan and a bus proposition authorizing the purchase of new vehicles not to exceed $522,500.
A total of 1,421 cast their ballots, about the same as last year, with 1033 in favor of the budget and 316 opposed.
The school bus proposition was passed with a vote of 1034 in favor and 254 opposed.
Winning the two school board seats were Deborah Palumbo-Sanders with 914 votes and Trisha Turner with 768 votes.
“It is an honor and a privilege to have received this level of support from the residents,” said Deborah Palumbo-Sanders. “In return, I will continue to bring their concerns to the table as the Board weighs the issues put before them. I appreciate the time everyone took to come out to exercise their right to vote.”
Trisha Turner added her appreciation.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to represent the Victor Central School Board,” said Turner. “I congratulate Debbie as well and look forward to serving and contributing with the current board members.”
Kiersten Kunick, who did not win a board seat, offered her appreciation as well.
“Thank you to the many wonderful people who supported me in my run,” said Kunick. “I congratulate the winners and wish them the best of luck in their tenure on the Board.”
The new budget will boost spending by about $1 million over the current year. The property tax levy, or the amount to be raised by taxes, will also increase by $740,831 to $35 million.
“I’m very happy — 77 percent approval rating is very good,” said Victor School Superintendent Dawn Santiago-Marullo. “I’m thrilled that the community is so supportive of the kids. And that’s really what this means. When the community comes out and votes at that rate, it tells you that they are, in fact, very supportive of the schools.”
The passing of the school bus proposition was good news as well.
“We need those busses,” said Santiago-Marullo. “We’re on a plan to replace them periodically as needed so obviously if you were to lose one you would fall behind on that replacement schedule.”
She was also pleased about the school board candidates.
“I actually had a contested board race which is great,” said Santiago-Marullo, “because it means there is interest in the community to be on the board. Fortunately we had three wonderful people who said, ‘I want to make sure it’s done well.’ I think that’s a good sign of a thriving community. We had three people who were highly involved in the district already and very focused on doing what’s right for kids. So that’ s a nice thing too.”
On Tuesday, May 17, Victor School District residents voted to pass a $56 million school spending plan and a bus proposition authorizing the purchase of new vehicles not to exceed $522,500.
A total of 1,421 cast their ballots, about the same as last year, with 1033 in favor of the budget and 316 opposed.
The school bus proposition was passed with a vote of 1034 in favor and 254 opposed.
Winning the two school board seats were Deborah Palumbo-Sanders with 914 votes and Trisha Turner with 768 votes.
“It is an honor and a privilege to have received this level of support from the residents,” said Deborah Palumbo-Sanders. “In return, I will continue to bring their concerns to the table as the Board weighs the issues put before them. I appreciate the time everyone took to come out to exercise their right to vote.”
Trisha Turner added her appreciation.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to represent the Victor Central School Board,” said Turner. “I congratulate Debbie as well and look forward to serving and contributing with the current board members.”
Kiersten Kunick, who did not win a board seat, offered her appreciation as well.
“Thank you to the many wonderful people who supported me in my run,” said Kunick. “I congratulate the winners and wish them the best of luck in their tenure on the Board.”
The new budget will boost spending by about $1 million over the current year. The property tax levy, or the amount to be raised by taxes, will also increase by $740,831 to $35 million.
“I’m very happy — 77 percent approval rating is very good,” said Victor School Superintendent Dawn Santiago-Marullo. “I’m thrilled that the community is so supportive of the kids. And that’s really what this means. When the community comes out and votes at that rate, it tells you that they are, in fact, very supportive of the schools.”
The passing of the school bus proposition was good news as well.
“We need those busses,” said Santiago-Marullo. “We’re on a plan to replace them periodically as needed so obviously if you were to lose one you would fall behind on that replacement schedule.”
She was also pleased about the school board candidates.
“I actually had a contested board race which is great,” said Santiago-Marullo, “because it means there is interest in the community to be on the board. Fortunately we had three wonderful people who said, ‘I want to make sure it’s done well.’ I think that’s a good sign of a thriving community. We had three people who were highly involved in the district already and very focused on doing what’s right for kids. So that’ s a nice thing too.”
