Residents went to the polls on Super Tuesday to vote on their local school budget, and while the majority of spending plans for the 2005-2006 school year passed, like recent years, some school budgets did suffer defeats.

One district to see its budget go down was the Franklin Square School District. Residents of that district were asked to approve a 7.2 percent increase in spending over the 2004-2005 budget. However, that plan was rejected by a 1,034 to 945 margin.

In the race for the school board, incumbent Jean Fichtl defeated challenger Margaret Murphy and Russell Hanson to keep her seat on the board.

In Elmont, residents passed a $58,023,082 spending plan for the 2005-2006 school year, which represents a 5.54 percent increase in spending over the 2004-2005 year, by a 1,262 to 827 margin. School board president Aubrey Phillips, who ran unopposed, was re-elected; and after a near miss last year, Elsie Meckenbourg-Guibert, who ran unopposed, was also elected.

In the Sewanhaka Central High School District, residents passed a $126,501,634 budget with a 6.8 percent increase in expenditures over the 2004-2005 budget by a 4,186 to 3,802 margin.

In West Hempstead, residents passed a $45,467,052 budget, which is 6.09 percent more than 2004-2005, by a 1,206 to 858 margin. Incumbent Vincent Trocchia retained his seat on the board by defeating challenger David Scher by a 1,464 to 529 margin. Pamela Lotito, who ran unopposed, was also re-elected. West Hempstead residents also passed a library budget by a 1,093 to 798 margin. However, the West Hempstead School District's proposal to have at-large elections for school board instead of candidates running for specific seats was defeated by a 974-798 margin.

Residents of the Valley Stream Central High School District passed a $81,897,854 spending plan, which is 7.78 percent higher than 2004-2005, by a 2,242 to 2,206 margin.