Yorktown School budget passes

Updated on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 11 p.m. 

Residents cast their ballots Tuesday in the Yorktown Central School District, approving the $126,640,000 million budget for the 2026-27 school year and electing Jacquelyn Guarino, Michael Magnani and Adam MacDonald to the Board of Education.

The budget passed 821-251.

The tax levy increase is 2.38 percent. The estimated tax rate increase in Yorktown, which makes up more than 96 percent of the tax base, is 2.11 percent. New Castle and Cortlandt, each representing less than 2 percent of the tax base, are projected to see decreases of 6.90 percent and 9.98 percent, respectively.

Incumbent Guarino, who was first appointed to the Board of Education in November 2025 to fill the vacancy left by Jackie Carbone’s resignation, was the top vote-getter with 855 votes. She will serve a three-year term from July 1 through June 30, 2029.

Incumbent Magnani received 821 votes, while newcomer MacDonald earned 734 votes.

Magnani, the second-highest vote-getter, will serve a three-year term from July 1 through June 30, 2029.

MacDonald, the third-highest vote-getter, will serve from May 20 through June 30, 2027.

Incumbent Catalina Tyndal did not win reelection, receiving 385 votes.

Because Guarino was the top vote-getter, she earned a three-year term. The third-highest vote-getter, MacDonald, will fill the remainder of Carbone’s term, which Guarino had been appointed to complete, beginning Wednesday and serving until next June. Guarino will be sworn in again at the start of her new three-year term in July.