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Week in Review: Board Adopts School Budget, KP Grad Chosen as Supervisor Candidate

A wrap up of the week's biggest news.


Kings Park Locals Help Disadvantaged Teens Get Red Carpet Ready for Prom
Teen girls have enough to worry about when it comes to prom, starting with getting a date, but they shouldn’t have to worry that they can’t afford to look their best on the big night.  Two Kings Park locals, along with the help of project G.L.A.M are working to help every teen girl rock their look on prom night.

Kings Park Grad Chosen By Dems as Supervisor Candidate
Steven Snair, 31, received the party's nomination for Smithtown Supervisor on Wednesday, after going through a screening process with the town's democratic committee on Tuesday night. He will go up against incumbent Supervisor Patrick Vecchio and Republican challenger Robert Creighton. 

New Buses Included in 2013-14 Kings Park School Budget
The purchase of one new bus and one new van has been included in the 2013-14-school budget to replace aging ones in the Kings Park School District’s fleet.

Residents heading to the polls on May 21 to vote on the adopted budget will notice a separate proposition regarding the purchase of the buses. According to Kings Park District Superintendent, Susan Agruso, voters must give separate authorization to purchase the buses, and says residents should be clear, this is not an additional expense that they are voting on. 

Kings Park Schools Adopt $82M Budget
The Kings Park Board of Education unanimously adopted a $82,874,728 budget for 2013-14 school year on Tuesday, representing a 2.53 percent increase over last year’s budget and will impose a tax levy increase of 3.5 percent if passed.
 If the budget does not pass, the board has the opportunity to present residents with a new budget or present the same budget to be voted upon again. If residents reject the budget for a second time a contingent budget would be put in place. 

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