FRANKLIN SQUARE

Spending 

$50,272,954, a 4% increase from the current $48,189,060.

Tax levy

2.21% increase, from $30,971,882 to $31,657,410. This is within the district’s 2.21% tax-cap limit, so a simple majority vote is required for approval.

Teacher pay, jobs

The proposed budget includes actual and step increases in teacher salaries and adds support staff. No reductions in staff or programs are budgeted.

Propositions

Proposition 3 seeks approval to spend up to $2 million from a 2019 Capital Reserve Fund to upgrade fields at Polk Street Elementary School and refurbish a parking lot.

Proposition 4 would authorize an energy performance contract for an additional 10% in state aid.

Candidates

The terms are three years. Vote for two, elected by seat.

Diane Hansen (incumbent) is being challenged by Daniel Donoghue and Anna McCombs. Helen Hoffman (incumbent) is being challenged by Domenico Ciaccio

When | Where

8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Washington Street School, 760 Washington St.; Jon Street School, 560 Nassau Blvd.; and Polk Street School, 960 Polk Ave.