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school aerial3The Lansing Central School District's $28,370,000 2015-16 budget passed Tuesday 355 to 101.  The budget includes program additions including a high school assistant principal/athletic director, elementary teacher, a half-time social worker and special education teacher, and a teaching assistant position shifting to a teacher position.  

Board Of Education members Julie Boles and Aziza Benson were both reelected.  Boles received 394 votes, and Benson 367.  Voters also approved up to $310,000 in bus purchases 366 to 78.

School officials note that the tax levy increase of 3.74% is below this year's state mandated tax cap.  In addition the district has collaborated with neighboring districts to document shared services savings that will make Lansing property taxpayers eligible for state rebates amounting to the difference between theis year's school tax and that of two years ago.

The tax rate is projected to increase by 2.73%.

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