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East Quogue School Board Intends To Try To Pierce Cap Again With Budget Proposal

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East Quogue School District Superintendent Les Black reads through a budget presentation on Tuesday night. KYLE CAMPBELL

East Quogue School District Superintendent Les Black reads through a budget presentation on Tuesday night. KYLE CAMPBELL

East Quogue School Superintendent Les Black, left, reads through a budget presentation while Principal Rob Long watches. KYLE CAMPBELL

East Quogue School Superintendent Les Black, left, reads through a budget presentation while Principal Rob Long watches. KYLE CAMPBELL

East Quogue resident Joe Amato speaks in favor of piercing the state tax levy cap during a budget presentation at East Quogue Elementary School on Tuesday night. KYLE CAMPBELL

East Quogue resident Joe Amato speaks in favor of piercing the state tax levy cap during a budget presentation at East Quogue Elementary School on Tuesday night. KYLE CAMPBELL

Penni Russo, chair of the East Quogue Teacher Association's budget committee, speaks during a board of education budget hearing Tuesday night. KYLE CAMPBELL

Penni Russo, chair of the East Quogue Teacher Association's budget committee, speaks during a board of education budget hearing Tuesday night. KYLE CAMPBELL

East Quogue resident Chris Hudson speaks in favor of the Board of Education piercing the tax levy cap for the 2014-15 school budget. KYLE CAMPBELL

East Quogue resident Chris Hudson speaks in favor of the Board of Education piercing the tax levy cap for the 2014-15 school budget. KYLE CAMPBELL

authorKyle Campbell on Apr 9, 2014
The East Quogue Board of Education announced Tuesday night that it will try, for the second time in as many years, to pierce the state’s tax levy cap with its... more

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