At their most recent meeting held Monday evening, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners voted 4 to 5 to approve a request to rezone 11 acres of land located on
CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. â On Tuesday, May 18, school districts across the Capital Region held votes on budgets and school board elections. According to the New York State School Boards Association, New York voters approved 99.2% of school district budgets. We appreciate the many who turned out â in person or by absentee ballot â to approve local school budget proposals and elect school board members this year, NYSSBA Executive Director Robert Schneider stated. The high passage rate for proposed budgets is a welcome endorsement of spending plans that will strengthen our educational programs and restore some of the academic and student support services that were curtailed by the pandemic, Schneider continued.
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Voters across the state will head to the polls again this year to decide the annual budgets for their school districts. Voters also will be tasked with choosing candidates for each district s board of education on May 18, according to the state s School Boards Association. While there will be in-person voting, due to COVID-19 many districts will be keeping certain precautions in place, along with the use of drop boxes and absentee ballots.
Here s what you need to know for each school district s election:
What s on the ballot for 2021?
While specifics vary, most school districts will be asking voters to approve a budget for the following school year. Voters will also be tasked with choosing candidates for each district s Board of Education, depending on when an official s term expires.
By BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
May 9, 2021 at 10:00 AM
Yorktown Board of Education candidates, from left: Peter Bisaccia, Jackie Carbone, and Richie Giannasca
Yorktown Board of Education candidates, from left: Peter Bisaccia, Jackie Carbone, and Richie .
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May 9, 2021 at 10:00 AM
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Three candidates are vying for two seats on the Yorktown Central School District Board of Education. Incumbents Jackie Carbone and Peter Bisaccia are facing a challenge from Richie Giannasca, a 2018 Yorktown High School graduate and rising senior at Pace University.
Registered voters who live in the district can cast their ballots in the budget and trustee vote between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, at the French Hill School.