Voters in the Owego Apalachin Central School District on Tuesday, voted to approve the district’s proposed 2025-2026 school budget of $59,769,964. The budget had a tax levy increase of 1.99 percent.
The final vote was:
Yes: 585
No: 297
In the second proposition, voters approved the purchase of 5 school buses by the following count:
Yes: 601
No: 278
The two Board of Education Candidates elected for the two seats were:
Linda Gretz and Theresa Heimbuecher
Votes Per Candidate:
Linda Gretz: 569
Theresa Heimbuecher: 183
Ted McDonald: 128
(40 additional people received votes – contact the district clerk for additional information.)
Voters approved the additional taxpayer funding for the Apalachin Public Library:
Yes: 604
No: 277
In other school budget votes:
Binghamton passed 524 to 205
Candor passed 172 to 74
Chenango Forks passed 174 to 70
Chenango Valley passed 287 to 62
Johnson City passed 289 to 105
Maine Endwell passed 375 to 146
Spencer-Van Etten passed 128 to 60
Tioga passed 115 to 25
Union Endicott passed 803 to 273
Vestal passed 671 to 443
Waverly passed 305 to 109
