Voters went to the polls Tuesday. A record $771 million infusion of state financial aid for the region is allowing some districts to boost budgets while also curbing taxes.
Most polls in Nassau County and western Suffolk open at 6 a.m. or 7 a.m. Tuesday and close at 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. In eastern Suffolk, many polls open in the early afternoon and close around 8 p.m.
Kimon Vontas, 18, a cellist, will solo while his brother Constantine will accompany him as a member of the Syosset-based Children's Orchestra Society's Young Symphonic Ensemble.
With his leukemia in remission, social studies teacher Thomas Renner, 58, marked his first day back at the high school where he has taught for nearly two decades.
Long Islanders head to the polls Tuesday to vote on school districts' nearly $15.2 billion in proposed spending, as well as hundreds of school board candidates. Included in the budgets are a combined $9.5 billion in school property taxes.