FREEPORT

Spending 

$244,184,593, a 2.28% increase from the current $238,750,337.

Tax levy

A 2.12% decrease, from $89,052,558 to $87,162,032. This is within the district’s 2.27% tax-cap limit, so a simple majority vote is required for approval.

Teacher pay, jobs

The proposed budget includes funding for additional teachers, a social worker, instructional coaches, cleaners, a clerical position, security aides and extracurricular club advisers. It also includes funding for seven new courses at the high school and a clinical medical assistant program, along with enhancements to some existing programs.

Propositions

Proposition 3 seeks authorization to spend up to $2.5 million from the 2017 Capital Reserve Fund. Proposition 4 seeks to modify school transportation eligibility, effective at the start of the 2024-25 school year.

Candidates

The terms are three years. Vote for 1, elected at-large.

Sunday F. Coward (incumbent) is running unopposed

When | Where

6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Archer Street School, 255 Archer St.; Bayview Avenue School of Arts & Sciences, 235 N. Ocean Ave.; Leo F. Giblyn Elementary School, 450 S. Ocean Ave.; Columbus Avenue School, 150 N. Columbus Ave.; Caroline G. Atkinson School, 58 Seaman Ave.; and the Field House, 55 Albany Ave.