District voters approve proposed budget

May 16, 2023 – North Syracuse Central School District voters have agreed to the District’s proposed 2023-2024 school year budget with a 59 percent approval.  A total of 1,835 votes were cast, with the final tally being 1,077 yes votes and 744 no votes on the $203,270,342 proposal. A bus proposition for $2,251,201 also passed with 1,185 yes votes and 633 no votes for a 65 percent approval. Additionally, the Salina Free Library proposition for $500,558 passed with 54 yes votes and 19 no votes. This year, voters also approved a change in polling locations from Cicero Elementary School to Cicero-North Syracuse High School with 1,264 yes votes and 541 no votes as well as the addition of a student member to the Board of Education with 1,312 yes votes and 503 no votes.

Voters elected the following three candidates to the North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education for (three-year) terms beginning July 1, 2023:  

• Michael Mirizio (1,338 votes)
• Joshua Ludden (1,239 votes)
• Xavier Moody-Wusik (1,070 votes)

The following candidates were not elected: 

• David Monahan (656 votes)
• Terri Krueger (648 votes)

The 2023-2024 tax levy increase of 3.22 percent is within the allowable tax levy limit as calculated under the state’s “tax cap” guidelines. Therefore, a simple majority was required for authorization. For details about the budget, visit the district’s budget website at www.nscsd.org/budget.