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District details reductions for budget revote vote, we heard the community’s message clearly,” Horoszewski said. “Tonight we are presentThe Locust Valley Central ing a balanced plan that reduces School District unveiled a the tax burden while maintainrevised $99.99 million budget ing the core educational proproposal at the Board of Educa- grams and safety measures our children rely on.” tion meeting on The revised budMonday, outlining get is 1.73 percent spending reduclarg er than this tions and a smaller ye a r ’s s p e n d i n g tax levy increase — p l a n . I t re d u c e s as well as the potenspending by roughtial consequences if ly $286,000 from the voters reject the budget voters plan in a June 16 rejected, and revote. includes a tax levy The revised increase of 1.78 perspending plan cent, roughly 0.4 comes after resipercent smaller dents voted down than the increase in the district’s origi- KarEN the initial proposal. nal 2026-27 budget HoroSzEWSKI Horoszewski last month. District Assistant noted that under officials said the the state’s tax cap new proposal was superintendent for for mula, the discrafted to address business, trict was permitted c o m m u n i t y c o n - Locust Valley Central to increase the levy cer ns while pre- School District by as much as 2.84 serving academic pro g rams, extracur ricular percent. Instead, she said, “We are passing along $955,000 in activities and safety initiatives. Karen Horoszewski, assis- direct taxpayer savings comtant superintendent for busi- pared to what the state allows.” According to Horoszewski, ness, said that the revised proposal reflects an effort to reduce spending on administrative costs without affecting stu- professional development, facildents. “Following our initial Continued on page 9
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the dutch landscape designer piet oudolf, far right, with Kathy Moser, acting commissioner of the State office of parks, Recreation and Historic preservation; duncan Sahner, the planting Fields Foundation’s board chair; and gina Wouters, the foundation’s Ceo and president.
Getting a sneak peak at work on the Oudolf Garden By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
A crowd of supporters, elected officials, donors and community leaders gathered at Oyster Bay’s Planting Fields Arboretum last week to celebrate the progress of the new Oudolf Garden, a one-acre plot conceived by renowned Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf that is scheduled to open this fall. The May 28 event offered attendees an update on the garden’s development while highlighting what Planting Fields Foundation leaders described as the most significant addition to the historic estate in generations. “Tonight we are here to enjoy the
grounds,” Planting Fields Foundation board Chairman Duncan Sahner said in his opening remarks, “to connect with one another and to share an update on what is becoming one of the most significant new additions to Planting Fields in generations.” Located behind the Blue Pool Garden and adjacent to the historic Rose Arbor, the new garden will be Long Island’s first public garden designed by Oudolf, whose work includes New York City’s High Line and numerous celebrated landscapes around the world. Foundation President and CEO Gina Wouters said the project emerged from the Continued on page 7
e wanted to make sure . . . that if we lower the budget, it’s not going to impact students.