Fun Facts!

Did you know.....

The school district does NOT always raise taxes? That's right - they lowered the tax levy for the 16-17 school year and kept taxes basically flat the following year.  But still, 408 people voted, "No".

Did you know we have the highest performing district in the county? Certainly by one measure: Stanford researchers concluded that no district in Nassau saw students learn more per year than North Shore.

Did you know our local economy benefits enormously from district spending? As the community's largest employer, our economic impact is significant to the point that it creates an additional 500 jobs beyond the over 800 people employed directly. We're putting millions in state and local tax coffers and sending customers into neighborhood shops. We are all connected.

Wait - the district WAS audited! The state DID look over our books!

Our schools protect our home values. The demographic study the board commissioned show enrollment holding steady after falling from a record high and our middle school in particular at capacity....and it noted that the majority of people buying homes here appeared to be doing so for the schools.

Board of Education Trustees are volunteers. They get nothing. They are your neighbors, elected, and pay taxes just like everyone else.

The district is transparent. Our website has budgets, expenditures, contracts, meeting calendars-agendas-minutes-video, audits, fiscal stress scores, treasurer's reports, reports on reserves, and voting information.

(Some districts have more in reserves. Much more.)

Did you know our community has supported and built our schools over generations? Yet, people that arrived here just 15 years or so ago have posted on FB that they feel entitled to the district's reserves that save us money in the short run and protect our schools in the long run.

Did you know it's illegal for the district to liquidate all their reserve funds and send checks to homeowners? It's by definition true and hence no source cited.

And we're voting by mail exclusively because that's the law and the district is following it to the letter.