Residents voted to pass the Farmingdale Public Schools budget at recent elections held on Tuesday, May 15 at Howitt Middle School.

The proposed budget adopted by the Farmingdale Board of Education was $133,252,904 for the 2007-08 school year, which represents a 4.01 percent expenditure increase over the previous year's budget of $128,116,500. This represents a tax levy increase of 3.53 percent over last year. Residents voted in favor of the budget in a 2,285 (yes) to 1,414 (no) vote.

Voters chose from three candidates to serve two three-year terms on the Farmingdale Board of Education. Incumbents Russ Catanzaro and Tina Diamond were re-elected. Terms begin in July.

The results were reported by District Clerk Josephine Murray and are as follows: Russ Catanzaro - 2,291 votes, Tina Diamond - 2,018 votes and Anthony Sagginario - 1,416 votes.

In addition to the budget vote (Proposition No. 1) and trustee election, Proposition No. 2 was the proposed capital projects initiative to replace the remaining four original boiler systems in the district using New York State's offer of $2,040,368 in EXCEL Aid. Residents also approved this proposition in a 2,296 (yes) to 960 (no) vote.

Proposition No. 3 was the Farmingdale Youth Council budget, which passed in a 2,309 to 1,067 vote.

The Farmingdale Board of Education issued the following statement after the results were released: "The board of education would like to thank the residents of our community for their support of the educational programs for our children."