Voters in all but four north country school districts approved 2008-09 school budgets Tuesday night.

■ Alexandria Central School: The budget passed 279-87. The top three vote-getters received seats on the board of education. Merritt C. "Charlie" Thomas received 316 votes, George Millett received 276 votes, and William Farman received 237 votes to win. Dean A. Erck received 176 votes.

■ Belleville Henderson Central: Voters passed the budget by a vote of 292-124. On a 307-104 vote, they also supported the proposition to increase library support from $3,000 to $5,000 for each of the Philomathean, Ellisburg and Henderson libraries. The voters — on a vote of 261-154 — supported establishing a capital reserve fund.

The top vote-getters, who won two board seats, were Michael J. Contino, with 197 votes, and Edward F. "Ned" Martelle, with 190. Incumbents David P. Bartlett and John E. Disbro received 150 and 139 votes, respectively. Bryan W. Stumpf received 129 votes.

■ General Brown Central: The budget passed 520-222. Proposition two on bus purchases passed 573-161. Proposition three on library spending passed 480-220. The top two vote-getters for the board of education were granted a seat. Incumbent Richard L. Halpin received 448 votes and Denise Campbell received 441 to win. Incumbent Michael E. Lane received 370 votes and Ross "Tim" Babcock received 180.

■ Indian River Central: Voters passed the budget 150-39. Incumbent Thomas Lapp ran unopposed and received 155 votes. John Voetsch also ran unopposed and received 142 votes.

■ Sackets Harbor Central School: The budget narrowly passed, 175-137. The proposition to purchases buses passed 212-100. Christine Allen ran unopposed for the Board of Education and received 251 votes.

■ Watertown City Schools: Voters approved the district's budget 448-161. Incumbent Michael R. Flick won the one open board seat, defeating challenger Aaron R. Clemons 450-142.

■ LaFargeville Central: Voters passed the budget 153-37. Former teacher Louis W. Plank, who ran unopposed, received 181 votes for a five-year term on the school board.

■ South Jefferson Central: Voters approved the budget 295-100.

On a vote of 299-96, the voters also approved a proposition for spending up to $484,000 to buy six buses. Board member Todd F. Dack, who was unopposed, reclaimed his seat for another five years with 353 votes.

■ Thousand Islands Central: Voters passed the budget 388-297. Michael J. Geiss held on to his school board seat with a 373-258 victory over challenger John Korcz.

Voters approved 413-275 the purchase of four 66-passenger buses and a student transportation vehicle for $412,092 before trade-ins. By a 366-278 vote, the voters also approved increasing library funding by $7,500, to $87,500. The Hawn Memorial, Cape Vincent Community and Depauville Free libraries split the library funding.

LEWIS COUNTY

The second time was the charm for the South Lewis Central School District as voters Tuesday approved a scaled-back version of a capital project rejected 11/2 years ago.

All five school districts in Lewis County also saw their budgets pass.

South Lewis residents voted 421-219 in favor of an $18.7 million capital project. It would be funded through 98 percent state building aid, with $343,000 from the state EXCEL, or Expanding Our Children's Education and Learning, program essentially covering the local share.

In December 2006, residents overwhelmingly voted down a $30.1 million project that would have consolidated the district's three elementary schools into a new, centralized one and created new athletic fields on land across from the middle-high school.

Those two aspects were removed from the proposal. However, the revised project still features a switch from heating-oil to wood-chip boilers at the middle-high school and bus garage, along with air-conditioning system upgrades; swimming pool repairs; kitchen and auditorium upgrades; replacement of roofing, exterior doors, the master clock system, lockers and the middle school gymnasium partition; development of a school-based health center; technology upgrades, and renovations at the bus garage.

It also includes upgrades at the elementary schools in Glenfield, Port Leyden and Constableville.

South Lewis voters also approved the budget, 412-209.

Lydia A. Wojnowski defeated Robert E. Doney, 359-249, to earn another five-year term on the school board.

Residents approved propositions allowing the district to purchase four buses for up to $389,185 by a 453-168 vote and to increase total funding for public libraries in Constableville, Lyons Falls, Port Leyden and Turin from $16,000 to $40,000 by a 382-244 vote.

■ Beaver River Central: Voters approved the budget 268-183.

Robert Cobb defeated Alan J. Jantzi, 274-146, to earn a five-year Board of Education seat. Residents also approved a proposition to buy three buses over five years instead of paying for them upfront by a 282-167 vote.

■ Copenhagen Central: Voters approved the budget 179-75.

Incumbent Raymond D. O' Brien defeated Kenneth H. Parks, 147-123, to earn a new five-year term on the Board of Education. Residents also approved propositions allowing the district to transport children to and from Lowville Head Start on existing bus routes by a 226-28 vote and to purchase one bus for up to $92,000 by a 193-58 vote.

■ Harrisville: Voters approved the budget 190-66.

Cynthia Bancroft, who has served for one year on the school board, and Denise Avallone each earned five-year seats with 202 and 199 votes, respectively. Gary L. Williams finished third with 76 votes. Mike Jackson received one write-in vote.

Residents also approved propositions authorizing the district to collect $20,000, up from $15,000, on behalf of Harrisville Public Library by a 154-85 vote and to buy a school bus for up to $97,737.45 by 203-54.

■ Lowville Academy: Voters approved the budget 374-107.

Board of Education members Thomas M. Schneeberger, Robert C. Meekins and Michael F. Young earned new three-year terms with 391, 390 and 369 votes, respectively. Residents also approved propositions authorizing the district to bus Head Start pupils at no additional cost by a 388-44 vote and to purchase three buses for up to $320,000 by 375-103.

ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY

■ Canton Central: The budget passed 275-130. A proposition to buy school buses passed 309-97.

Incumbents John F. Conklin, 342 votes, Barbara B. Beekman, 333, and Margaret A. Sweeney, 327, were all elected to the board.

■ Clifton-Fine Central: The budget passed 228-120. A proposition to purchase one bus for no more than $100,000 passed 259-92.

Elected to two seats on the board are Richard Hitchman, who received 238 votes, and Frederick A. McCormick with 217.

■ Colton-Pierrepont Central: The budget passed 176-151.

Scott A. Baxter and incumbent Shelli Prespare-Weston won two board seats with 243 and 200 votes, respectively.

■ Edwards-Knox Central, Russell: The budget passed 102-44.

Thomas O'Brien and incumbent Amanda Fuller were elected to the board with 136 and 130 votes, respectively.

■ Gouverneur Central: The budget passed 246-109. A proposition to increase funding for the library to $60,000 from $40,000 was also approved, 250-101.

Incumbents Carla A. Gates, 289 votes, Pamela L. Adle, 287, and Clark R. Porter, 286, were all re-elected to the board.

■ Hammond Central: The budget passed 82-51.

Bernard Martin was elected to the board with 119 votes.

■ Hermon-DeKalb Central: The budget passed 158-66. A proposition to purchase a bus at a cost not to exceed $60,000 was approved, 181-43.

Robert A. Hance and Leslie Thomas Woodruff IV were elected to the board, with 154 and 130 votes, respectively.

■ Heuvelton Central: The budget passed 170-105. A proposition to purchase a bus for $95,000 was also approved, 186-70.

John P. Zeh, who received 164 votes, and Kellie Bush, with 154, were elected to the board.

■ Lisbon Central: The budget passed 170-92.

Tammy Amo was elected to the board with 196 votes.

■ Madrid-Waddington Central: The budget passed 150-80. A proposition to purchase two buses at a total cost of $198,086 was approved 177-53.

Incumbent Gerald Molnar and Jeffrey Dominy were elected to five-year terms on the board, with 183 and 144 votes, respectively. Dana Smith won a one-year term with 108 votes.

■ Massena Central: The budget passed 804-259. A proposition to purchase one 65-passenger bus, three 60-passenger buses, a wheelchair bus and a sedan for a total cost of $515,090 was approved 801-247.

Michael LeBire was elected to a five-year seat on the board with 781 votes, and Penny DeLosh won a three-year term with 635 votes.

■ Morristown Central: The budget passed 189-62. A proposition to purchase a school bus at a cost not to exceed $92,000 was approved, 181-70, and a proposition to decrease a school board member's term from five years to three years passed 217-20.

Susan Wright-Young, 189 votes, and Darrell Merkel, 125, were elected to five-year seats, while Vernon Lowery received 95 votes to win a one-year term on the board.

■ Ogdensburg City Schools: The budget passed 323-234.

Frederick P. Bean, who received 380 votes, was elected to a five-year seat, and Joseph R. Lightfoot, with 376 votes, won a two-year term on the board.

■ Parishville-Hopkinton Central: The budget passed 145-34. A proposition to purchase two 66-passenger buses at a cost not to exceed $200,000 was approved, 158-21.

Incumbents James Young and Steven Wilson won seats on the board, with 380 and 376 votes, respectively.

■ St. Lawrence Central, Brasher Falls: The budget passed 237-54. A proposition to purchase two school buses and a Chevy Suburban at a cost not to exceed $243,000 was approved 210-55.

Bethany St. Hilaire and William Sullivan won seats on the board, with 239 and 206 votes, respectively.