Residents of Gardiner, West Gardiner, Pittston and Randolph approved a $33.5 million School Administrative District 11 budget Tuesday expected to increase property taxes in all four communities.

A total of 2,570 residents of the four district communities voted for the school budget, while 1,429 voted against it, unofficial results show.

In Gardiner the vote was 996 to 424 in favor of the budget. In Randolph, 304 to 114. In Pittston 482 to 410. And in West Gardiner 788 to 481.

The $33.5 million school budget is expected to require 6.1% more in property tax dollars from the four SAD 11 member communities.

Each municipality’s share of the proposed budget, and its increase from the current budget, are:

• Gardiner, $5.6 million, a $415,000, or 8.05%, increase
• Pittston, $3.3 million, a $158,000, or 5.11%, increase
• Randolph, $1.3 million, a $45,000, or 3.5%, increase
• West Gardiner, $4.8 million, a $249,000, or 5.44%, increase

The budget articles were previously approved by about 55 voters who went to a May 27 budget hearing. Tuesday’s vote validates that action and puts the budget in place.

In April, about 100 Gardiner Area High School students walked out of their classes and marched to the school district’s central office to oppose the cuts of two high school staff members, an assistant principal and a history teacher. However those positions were not restored to the budget.

Projections by Andrea Disch, business manager for the school district, show the impact on owners of a $200,000 home in each of the four municipalities of the school budget alone.

In Gardiner, that homeowner now taxed at $5,260, would see a $206.14 increase in their property tax bill; in Pittston, taxes are currently $3,340 a year, the increase would be $89.94; in Randolph, the owner now paying $2,760 would see an increase of $60.43; and in West Gardiner owners now taxed $1,480, could see an increase of $74.38.