Residents of the East Ramapo Central School District have yet again turned their thumbs down to the next year’s proposed school budget. Unofficial results posted on the district’s website show Tuesday’s vote wasn’t even close, it was nearly two-to-one, with 2,102 voting against it and 1,097 voting for it. The $259 million budget proposal had been trimmed slightly after it was first rejected in May, leaving the tax levy increase down from about four percent to 1.6 percent. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Clarence Ellis says the Board of Ed will move to adopt their contingency budget. Dr. Ellis says it would preserve “as many core academic programs and supports as possible.”