NORTHERN WESTCHESTER, NY – Elections for each of the four local school board races, and for proposed school budgets, will be held on Tuesday, May 21. To encourage and inform voter participation, the League of Women Voters of Northeast Westchester (LWVNEW) is serving as a one-stop resource for election and polling-place information, is sponsoring in-person candidate forums, and/or is hosting access to post-event video-on-demand of those candidate forums. Unless otherwise indicated, the school board members elected this spring will serve three-year terms that commence July 1, 2024. All candidate names below are listed in alphabetical order, which may be different than the order they will appear on the ballot.
Bedford Central School District
Two candidates -- Steven Matlin (currently serving) and Lisa Mitchell -- are running for two open board seats in Bedford Central School District (BCSD). Since the election is uncontested, there will not be a candidate forum.
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 21; voters should go to the elementary school serving their attendance area.
Katonah-Lewisboro Central School District
In Katonah-Lewisboro School District (KLSD), five candidates will be competing to fill three open seats: Matthew Goglia, Peter Petraro, Jon Poffenberger, Marjorie Schiff (currently serving), and Barbara Williams. Two seats will be for a full three-year term that commences July 1, 2024, and one seat will fill the remainder of an unexpired term (May 21, 2024, through June 30, 2025). The two candidates with the highest number of votes will serve for the three-year term and the candidate with the third highest number of votes will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
The KLSD Parent Council's virtual candidate forum takes place on May 7. The Zoom link is available on the KLSD website. (After the event, a link to on-demand video of the candidate forum will be available at www.LWVNEW.org.)
Polls are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 21; voters should go to the elementary school serving their attendance area.
North Salem Central School District
In North Salem Central School District, three candidates are competing for two open board seats: Elizabeth Bridges (Grob), Paul Giamundo (currently serving), and Elizabeth Malvino.
An in-person candidate forum, moderated by LWVNEW, will be held on Monday, May 13, at 7 p.m. at North Salem Middle/High School Library, 230 June Road in North Salem. (After the event, the candidate forum will be available for viewing on demand at www.LWVNEW.org.)
Polls are open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 21 at Pequenakonck Elementary School, 173 June Rd, in North Salem.
Somers Central School District
In Somers Central School District, four candidates are running for two open board seats: Desiree Deems, Margaret DiLorenzo, Nicholas Mancini (currently serving), and Daryl Mundis.
In conjunction with the Somers PTA Council, LWVNEW is co-sponsoring and moderating an in-person candidate forum on Thursday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Somers Middle School Library. Somers school district residents are encouraged to submit questions in advance to somers.ptacouncil@gmail.com. For a submission to be considered, please include your name and address (which will be used to verify district residency but will not be read aloud.) The submission deadline for questions is Sunday, May 5. (After the event, the candidate forum will be available for viewing on demand at www.LWVNEW.org.)
Polls are open on May 21, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., at Somers Middle School Gymnasium, 250 Route 202 in Somers.
Registering to Vote
The last day to register in time to vote in any of the school board elections is Thursday, May 16, which can be done at school district clerk offices. Contact information for the local school district clerks, as well as information about the proposed school budgets, voter registration, and absentee ballots is available at each school district's website. Links to all four school district websites are available at www.LWVNEW.org.
Individuals may contact the League of Women Voters of Northeast Westchester at LWVNEW@gmail.com. To learn more about the chapter and its activities, go to its website (www.LWVNEW.org), its Facebook page (League of Women Voters of North East Westchester) and its Twitter feed (@LWVNEW).
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