Great Neck Public Schools

Office of Business and Finance

2017-18 Budget Information

Proposition #1: GNPS Budget Vote Results
Yes: 6,772; No: 1,607; PASSED

Proposition #2: GNPS Revised Bond Referendum Results
Yes: 6,299; No: 1,925; PASSED

Proposition #3: GN Library Budget Vote Results
Yes: 5,894; No: 2,363; PASSED

Board of Education Seats
GNPS Board Trustee (Seat Held By Lawrence R. Gross):
Jeffrey Shi: 6,055; Nikolas Kron: 1,908
GNPS Board Trustee (Seat Held By Susan Miner Healy):
Rebecca Sassouni: 6,884

We thank the community for its ongoing support of education in Great Neck.

Voting for 2017-18 Proposed Budget, Revised Bond Referendum & Board of Education Candidates
Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Baker School and South High Schools

Below you will find an overview of the Great Neck Public Schools 2017-18 Budget and budget calendar of events:

• Preliminary Budget: Copies of the 2016-17 Preliminary Budget for the Great Neck Public Schools will be available as of Tuesday, February 28, at the Office of the District Clerk, Phipps Administration Building, 345 Lakeville Rd., school days, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. It will also be posted on this page and hand distributed at Budget Meetings (listed below). Reference copies may be perused in each public school and in the Great Neck Library, all branches.
  
  
• Budget Hearings and Adoption:
  • Thursday, March 9, 7:30 p.m., South Middle - Informal Public Budget Hearing
  • Monday, April 3, 7:30 p.m., North Middle - Informal Public Budget Hearing
  • Thursday, April 20, 7:30 p.m., South High - Official Budget Hearing and Adoption
  • Monday, May 8, 7:30 p.m., North High - Annual Budget Hearing (Discussion Only)
    
    

• Administrative Line-By-Line Public Budget Meeting:
  • Saturday, March 18, 9:30 a.m., South High
    
    

• Date and Time of Budget Vote:
  • Tuesday, May 16 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• Voting Locations:
  • E.M. Baker School and South High School

• Board of Education Seat(s) up for Election/Re-election:
  • Board Trustee Lawrence R. Gross
  • Board Trustee Susan Healy

• General Fund Appropriation: $223,311,165
• Amount Raised by Real Property Tax: $198,564,847
• State Aid: $8,900,970
• General Fund Appropriation Percent Increase: 1.90%
• Real Property Tax Percent Increase: 1.26%