Roosevelt school district certifies its budget vote results — 9 days after voters went to the polls
Roosevelt High School Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost
The Roosevelt school district has certified the results of its 2026-27 budget vote and trustee election — making it the last on Long Island to do so after voters went to the polls nine days ago.
The school board on Thursday signed off on the vote for its $151 million spending plan, which residents approved 257-48, according to board meeting minutes.
Voters also approved a $2 million capital proposition to improve facilities at no additional cost to taxpayers.
Veronica L. Walters and incumbent Emily Moore were elected to the school board with 147 and 158 votes, respectively. They defeated Alfred Taylor and Frank Abel, according to the board meeting minutes.
School officials previously said the results were delayed due to a high number of affidavit ballots submitted during the May 19 vote. Affidavit ballots are used when a registered voter's name cannot be found on the voter roll.
A district spokesman said in an email Thursday that 21 affidavit ballots were submitted but “only one was verified as a legitimate registered voter and counted in the final tally.”
The passage of Roosevelt’s budget means Island voters this May approved the spending plans for 119 of the region’s 124 districts. Budget proposals failed in five districts: in Three Village, Locust Valley, Islip, Bayport-Blue Point and South Country.
The Three Village and Locust Valley budgets failed to win a simple majority of more than 50% of the votes. The other three had attempted to pierce their tax cap, which required a supermajority of 60% voter support.
The majority of Island districts reported their budget and election outcomes on May 19 after polls closed or the following morning. There was a delay in Massapequa, where voter turnout was so high that the district ran out of ballots.
Dandan Zou covers education for Newsday. Previously, she worked for a community newspaper in Maryland and a personal finance magazine in Washington, D.C.
