21-05-2025
Ontario County school board elections and budget results. What you need to know
CANANDAIGUA, NY — Voters in the Canandaigua and Victor school districts passed 2025-26 budgets as well as several propositions.
Budgets in each of the seven other Ontario County school districts also passed May 20, although a $450,000 measure to purchase 18-plus acres of property from the Hazlitt Winery in the Naples school district was narrowly defeated.
Here are the results:
Voters passed a $24,318,250 budget by a 241-76 vote margin. A school bus purchase proposition was also passed, and Ken Mathis was re-elected to the school board.
Voters passed a $93.4 million budget by a 1,031-365 vote margin. Transportation purchases for gas/diesel and zero emissions buses, and capital project reserve fund resolutions also passed. Julianne Miller was re-elected to the school board. Voters approved the Wood Library proposition.
Voters passed a $75,895,691 budget by a 455-113 margin. Transportation, reserve fund and library budget propositions also passed. Brian Finnerty and Matthew Herbert were elected to the school board.
Voters approved a $20,596,240 budget by a 439-207 margin. Megan Basile and Karen Scheele were elected to the school board.
Residents passed a $23,692,413 budget by a 188-55 margin. A school bus purchase proposition also passed. Scott Van Aken and Barbara Gardner were elected to the school board.
Voters passed a $40,894,612 budget by a 480-100 vote margin. Bus purchase and library and reading center propositions also passed. Jessica Wickham, Ashley Conley and John Foust were elected to the school board.
Naples voters passed a $24,341,608 budget by a 277-144 vote margin. A proposition to create a new capital reserve fund and library budget were also approved. Amie Levine and Steven Mark were elected to the school board. A proposition to purchase land was defeated, 213 to 207.
Voters passed a $47,386,760 budget by a 409-123 margin. School bus purchase and library funding propositions also were approved. Jackie (Gallahan) Blake and Nicholas Hargarther were elected to the school board.
Victor voters approved a $109,771,405 budget by a 773-194 margin. A bus bond proposition was also passed, and Tim DeLucia, Lisa Kostecki and Elizabeth Mitchell were elected to the school board.
Mike Murphy covers Canandaigua and other communities in Ontario County and writes the Eat, Drink and Be Murphy food and drink column. Follow him on X at @MPN_MikeMurphy.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Ontario County NY school board elections and budget results
