Schools

Pat-Med School Budget Passes, Andrade and Jennings Win Board Seats

Pat-Med residents approved a $171.45 million school budget on Tuesday.

The budget passed by a margin of 2275-1451. It needed a 60 percent supermajority to pass and it received 61 percent of the vote. 

A voter proposition proposing to change the mileage limitation for transporting children to private and parochial high schools from 15 miles to 25 miles was defeated. 

Five candidates ran for for two seats on the Pat-Med Board of Education. Newcomers Diana Andrade and Kelli A. Jennings won those seats over incumbent Brett Houdek, as well as Bunnie A. Schiller and Kevin Maccabee. 

View the results in detail here

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