Voters said okay to the $139,742,800 spending plan

Three incumbents are vying for three open school board seats:

Thomas Nespeca, incumbent

Laura Harder, incumbent

Lisa Smith, incumbent

The Webster Board of Education adopted a $139.7 million budget for 2010-11, making cuts in athletics, staff layoffs and increasing the tax levy nearly 4 percent.

The budget is a 1.1 percent increase from the 2009-10 budget.

The $139.7 million budget, presented at a March 25 board of education meeting, is a 1.1 percent increase from the 2009-10 budget. Superintendant Adele Bovard explained the budget process was especially difficult this year, with a $4 million state aid decrease, caused by Gov. David Paterson's deficit reduction plan.