This story was updated on May 16 at 11:45 a.m.
Lynbrook residents overwhelming approved a $74,468,696 district budget for the 2012-13 school year Tuesday.
The final tally for Tuesday's vote was 1,063 votes for and 605 votes against. The approved a tax levy was 2.34 percent.
"I am truly happy for the students of Lynbrook — they are the direct beneficiaries of these positive outcomes," Lynbrook Superintendent Dr. Santo Barbarino told Patch. "Our school community has made a statement that the education and experiences of our students is the top priority. I congratulate our voters as we celebrate the future for our students."
The weather had a clear effect on the amount of voters that came out, as the previous year's voting total was 1,384 votes for and 947 votes against — a difference of more than 600 voters from this year.
In the narrowest vote of the day — 887 votes for to 721 votes against — residents also approved proposition No. 4, which allows the district to remove $5,550,000 from the capital reserve fund to enhance several areas of the district, including the installation a turf field at Marion Street Elementary School.
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