The budget was passed with 816 votes in favor and 417 votes against. Brakewood received 732 votes, while challenger James Carriere received 513 votes.
The approved budget for the 2013-14 school year is $85,194,914, a 4.76 percent increase over last year's $81.3 million budget. The tax levy will increase 2.83 percent. Among the additions in the school budget are security guards at the elementary schools, three teachers at the middle school and a math teacher at the high school.
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