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Great Neck board puts capital-reserve Proposition 2 on May ballot; budget update shows $149M in instructional spending
Summary
The Great Neck Union Free School District board voted 5-0 to place a capital-reserve proposition on the May ballot to fund field and building improvements using existing reserve funds; district officials also updated the board on the 2025–26 draft budget and federal grant exposure.
The Great Neck Union Free School District Board of Education voted unanimously to place Proposition 2 on the May budget ballot, authorizing use of money from an existing capital reserve to fund stadium and building improvements without increasing the tax levy.
Superintendent Dan Bossert and Business Administrator John O'Keefe briefed the board on the 2025–26 draft budget and on the capital projects that Proposition 2 would fund. O'Keefe said the district is proposing roughly $10.5 million in capital work in the coming year and that the two projects tied to Proposition 2 total about $8.8 million. The projects described at the meeting include installation of synthetic turf, lighting and track resurfacing at North…
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