New York School Boards Association survey shows 30% of board members are stepping down.
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — Come next Tuesday voters outside the City of Buffalo can vote on school board candidates and district budgets. Most budgets are expected to pass as they usually do. But there could be more of a voter focus on some candidates.
When it comes to school budgets around Western New York and the state, it’s expected nearly 100% will get the greenlight next Tuesday from the voters who choose to show up and say yes or no for districts which did get extra funding.
“The amount of money we collect from the taxpayers as taxes hasn’t gone up that much because there is a large infusion of state money and also federal stimulus money,” said New York School Boards Association Executive Director Robert Schneider.
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